Zimbabwean politician and Methodist bishop. He was president of the African National Council 197185 and prime minister of Rhodesia/Zimbabwe 197980. He was detained for a year in 198384. Muzorewa was leader of the minority United Africa National Council, which merged with the Zimbabwe Unity Movement (ZUM) in 1994. He pulled out of the 1996 presidential election contest at the last minute, claiming the electoral process was unfairly tilted in President Mugabe's favour.
Muzorewa was educated at Methodist colleges in Rhodesia and Nashville, Tennessee.
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