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  1. en.wikipedia.org

    Flag of Lesotho. The history of people living in the area now known as Lesotho (/ l ə ˈ s uː t uː,-ˈ s oʊ t oʊ / [1] [2]) goes back as many as 400 years.Present Lesotho (then called Basotholand) emerged as a single polity under King Moshoeshoe I in 1822. Under Moshoeshoe I, Basotho joined other clans in their struggle against the Lifaqane associated with famine and the reign of Shaka ...
  2. worldofhistorycheatsheet.com

    Jul 12, 2024Lesotho, a small, landlocked country in Southern Africa, has a unique and complex history marked by its mountainous terrain, colonial encounters, and struggles for independence and development. Early History Pre-Colonial Period: San and Bantu Peoples: The earliest inhabitants of the region were the San people, known for their rock art.
  3. britannica.com

    Dec 27, 2024Completely encircled by the Republic of South Africa but separated from it by forbidding mountain ranges, Lesotho has endured decades of turbulent politics, periodic economic crises, and grinding poverty since gaining its independence from Great Britain in 1966. Though culturally conservative in the main, the people of the country welcomed the modernization programs begun in the 1990s, which ...
  4. oxfordre.com

    Sep 20, 2023Summary. The history of people of the Basotho nation, who live in the territory known as Lesotho in the early 21st century, can be traced from the development, and separation, of Nguni and Sotho-Tswana cultures before 900 ce, and migrations that led to the occupation of early 21st-century Lesotho since the 1600s.Two main areas of Lesotho's history are of interest.
  5. wikiwand.com

    Ancient history. Lesotho's southern and eastern mountains (including Maloti) were occupied by the San people and their ancestors for thousands of years as evidenced by rock art.The San lived as semi nomadic hunter-gatherers. [4] At some stage, during their migration south from a tertiary dispersal area Bantu speaking peoples came to settle the lands that now make up Lesotho as well as a more ...
  6. african-volunteer.net

    Lesotho History. Lesotho is a small enclave kingdom within the borders of South Africa with a population of 2.142 million people (2020). The area was formerly inhabited by the San until around 1600 when Bantu speaking tribesmen began to settle in the area. Speaking seSotho (South Sotho) they began to be called Basotho, from which Lesotho was ...
  7. infoplease.com

    Armed clashes between the Lesotho Liberation Army (the militarized segment of the BCP) and the government were common throughout the 1970s and 80s. In the late 1970s, Jonathan exploited growing popular resentment of South Africa and its policies of apartheid. South Africa responded by organizing economic blockades and military raids against ...
  8. en.wikipedia.org

    Lesotho [a], formally the Kingdom of Lesotho, formerly known as Basutoland, is a landlocked country in Southern Africa.As an enclave of South Africa, with which it shares a 1,106 km (687 mi) border, [8] it is the largest sovereign enclave in the world, and the only one outside of the Italian Peninsula.It is situated in the Maloti Mountains and contains the highest peak in Southern Africa. [9]
  9. earth-site.co.uk

    Some major events in Lesotho's history include the arrival of European settlers in the 19th century, the establishment of the kingdom of Lesotho under King Moshoeshoe I, the colonization by the British, and the eventual independence in 1966. Lesotho has also experienced political instability and military coups in the post-independence era.
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    History of Lesotho

    The history of people living in the area now known as Lesotho goes back as many as 400 years. Present Lesotho emerged as a single polity under King Moshoeshoe I in 1822. Under Moshoeshoe I, Basotho joined other clans in their struggle against the Lifaqane associated with famine and the reign of Shaka Zulu from 1818 to 1828. The subsequent evolution of the state was shaped by contact with the British and Dutch colonists from Cape Colony. Missionaries invited by Moshoeshoe I developed orthography and printed works in the Sesotho language between 1837 and 1855. The country set up diplomatic channels and acquired guns for use against the encroaching Europeans and the Korana people. Territorial conflicts with both British and Boer settlers arose periodically, including Moshoeshoe's notable victory over the Boers in the Free State–Basotho War, but the final war in 1867 with an appeal to Queen Victoria, who agreed to make Basutoland a British suzerainty. Wikipedia

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