Conference on the independence of Rhodesia, London, December 1979.

UNITED KINGDOM - NOVEMBER 01: Robert Mugabe shaking the hand of Lord Carrington, Foreign Secretary. Rhodesia, a former British colony, became officially independent in 1979 and was re-named Zimbabwe. Peter Carrington chaired the conference which resulted in the Lancaster House Agreement . The agreement, which ended white rule in Rhodesia under Ian Smith, was signed on 21 December 1979, by the Patriotic Front (PF), consisting of ZANU (Zimbabwe African National Union) led by Mugabe, ZAPU (Zimbabwe African Peoples Union) led by Joshua Nkomo (second left), and the Zimbabwe Rhodesia government, represented by Bishop Abel Muzorewa and Ian Smith. (Photo by SSPL/Getty Images)