Mugabe's father is believed to be either from [[Malawi]] or [[Zambia]]. Mugabe was raised at Kutama Mission, Zvimba District, north-west of [[Harare]] (then called Salisbury), in then [[Rhodesia|Southern Rhodesia]]. He was raised as a [[Roman Catholic]] and was educated in [[Jesuit]] schools. He qualified as a teacher at age 17, but left to study at [[Fort Hare University]] in [[South Africa]], graduating in [[1951]]. He then studied at [[Drifontein]] in [[1952]], Salisbury ([[1953]]), [[Gwelo]] ([[1954]]), in [[Tanzania]] ([[1955]] - [[1957]]), and then [[Accra]], [[Ghana]] ([[1958]] - [[1960]]) where he married a local teacher.
