Mugabe was born to a poor [[Shona people|Shona]] family in [[Kutama, Zimbabwe|Kutama]], [[Southern Rhodesia]]. Educated at [[Kutama College]] and the [[University of Fort Hare]], he worked as a schoolteacher in Southern Rhodesia, [[Northern Rhodesia]], and Ghana. Angered by [[White people in Zimbabwe|white minority]] rule of his homeland within the [[British Empire]], Mugabe embraced [[Marxism]] and joined African nationalists calling for an independent state controlled by the black majority. After making anti-government comments, he was convicted of [[sedition]] and imprisoned between 1964 and 1974. On release, he fled to Mozambique, established his leadership of ZANU, and oversaw its role in the [[Rhodesian Bush War]], fighting [[Ian Smith]]'s predominatelypredominantly white government. He reluctantly participated in peace talks in the United Kingdom that resulted in the [[Lancaster House Agreement]], putting an end to the war. In the [[1980 Southern Rhodesian general election|1980 general election]], Mugabe led ZANU-PF to victory, becoming Prime Minister when the country, now renamed Zimbabwe, gained internationally recognised independence later that year. Mugabe's administration expanded healthcare and education and—despite his professed desire for a [[Socialist mode of production|socialist society]]—adhered largely to [[mainstream economics|mainstream]] economic policies.