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From: blp Category: Art Date: 07 April 2008 Time: 06:29 AM Review: The view from Wikipedia sheds little light, but does mention it: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toothbrush_moustache Quote from http://www.pbs.org/frontlineworld/stories/zimbabwe504/profile.html: At the risk of sounding ridiculous, there is one thing that everyone notices but rarely mentions about Mugabe: his mustache. That small, distinctive streak of dark hair just under his nose is Hitleresque. Not a perfect match -- Hitler's was more of a square, Mugabe's is narrower -- but one can't help making the comparison, however unfair and stupid that might be. In fact, many political cartoonists who dislike Mugabe draw on the Hitler comparison. I never asked, but I can't help thinking: Is Mugabe being deliberately provocative? Or does his style of facial hair have no political symbolism whatsoever? end Quote. The Times' satirical take: http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/africa/article1593729.ece 'I have a moustache?...I cannot see this moustache, though my eyes are not what they used to be.' If there's a Zimbabwean tradition behind it, no one seems to know about it.