Mugabe's comments received widespread media coverage in Jamaica, where they were criticized by Jamaican politicians and musicians.

Robert Mugabe became the president of Zimbabwe in 1987.

Since then, one of Africa's longest-ruling dictators has been on a public crusade against homosexuals.

Here is a closer look at some of the things that have come out of his mouth on the topics of homosexuality and gay rights.

Just last week, speaking in Harare at a Women Empowerment conference of all places, Zimbabwe’s president expressed his latest views on homosexuality, The Zimbabwe Mail reports:

“When a man says he wants to get married to another man, we in Zimbabwe don't accept it. We can't talk of women's rights at all if we go in that direction. It will lead to extinction," Mugabe said. "Mothers were given the talent to bear children. That talent doesn't belong to men."

He also said that gay people are “below dogs,” as he had said many time before.

According to The Zimbabwe Mail article, he also shared his views on women‘s equality in the same venue:

"Our customs look down on women as inferior. Men pay cattle and money to get a wife and expect women to obey them. Women will surely lose. Men say that women are not as knowledgeable as us. The attitude of men still despises women."

Call me old-fashioned, but in a culture where men apparently despise women, wouldn’t homosexuality actually make a lot of sense? I guess not.

In February, Mugabe called British Prime Minister David Cameron “satanic“ and told him "to hell with you" over his calls to respect gay rights, as reported by AFP:

JOHANNESBURG — With fresh rumors of Robert Mugabe on his deathbed making the rounds, a Twitter account claiming to be from the Zimbabwean president's party, ZANU-PF, has rushed to the 88-year-old leader's defense.

JOHANNESBURG, South Africa — Zimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe turns 88 today. Yes, Africa's oldest leader is still kicking, and still holding expensive parties to mark his birthday in this economically devestated country.

Mugabe is expected to celebrate his Feb. 21 birthday with an oversized cake, the usual tradition, followed by an over-the-top rally this weekend in the eastern border city of Mutare, at an estimated cost of $1 million.