The Sotho (/ˈsuːtuː/), also known as the Basotho (/bæˈsuːtuː/), are a Sotho-Tswana ethnic group who have long inhabited Southern Africa. They primarily...

Kingdom/The Kingdom in the Sky. The Sotho ethnic group (also known as Basotho), from which the country derives its name, composes 99.7% of the country's...

The Basotho blanket is a distinctive form of woollen blanket commonly worn by Sotho people in Lesotho and South Africa. Originally gifted to the then...

The Basotho Covenant Movement (BCM) is a Basotho political party with a nationalist and irredentist stance. Led by Ts'epo Lipholo, the party advocates...

The Free State–Basotho Wars refers to a series of wars fought between King Moshoeshoe I, the ruler of the Basotho Kingdom, and white settlers, in what...

added for specific derivations, such as Sesotho for the Sotho language and Basotho for the Sotho people. Use of Sesotho rather than Sotho for the language...

the Basotho, in Basutoland. He was popularly known as Morena e Moholo/morena oa Basotho (Great King/King of the Basotho). In the 1820s, the Basotho faced...

paramount chief of Basotho (modern Lesotho) from November 20, 1891 to August 19, 1905. Letsie is one of the chiefs whom led the 1880 Basotho gun war which...

and is the national symbol of Lesotho and the national symbol of the Basotho and Lesotho peoples. An image of the Mokorotlo appears on the Lesotho flag...

The Basotho National Party is a political party in Lesotho, founded in 1959 in colonial Basutoland as the Basutoland National Party by Leabua Jonathan...

parties   Basotho National Party (BNP)   Basutoland Congress Party (BCP)   Lesotho Congress for Democracy (LCD)   Democratic Congress (DC)   All Basotho Convention...

century. There is now a concerted effort to re-establish the Basuto breed. Basotho are used for racing, hacking, trekking or polo. In 2001, two Basuto ponies...

This is a list of diplomatic missions of Lesotho, excluding honorary consulates. Lesotho has a very small number of diplomatic missions. Embassy in Berlin...

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...

The Basutoland Congress Party is a pan-Africanist and left-wing political party in Lesotho. The Basutoland African Congress (BAC) was founded in 1952 by...

until 1910 and completely surrounded by South Africa from 1910. Though the Basotho (then known as Basuto) and their territory had been under British control...

leave until I'm awarded young Basotho women, The messenger went back to the Basotho King and returned with fifteen Basotho women this is where Isiduko Zabathembu...

The Basotho Action Party is a political party in Lesotho established on 23 April 2021 by former Justice Minister and All Basotho Convention Deputy Leader...

horizontal blue, white, and green tricolour with a black mokorotlo (a Basotho hat) in the center. The design is intended to reflect a state that is both...

Lesotho is an enclaved, landlocked country in southern Africa surrounded by South Africa. Previously known as Basutoland, Lesotho declared independence...

surrounded entirely by South Africa. The largest ethnic group is the Basotho. The Basotho culture is immersed in musical traditions. The national anthem of...

The Basotho Patriotic Party is a political party in Lesotho founded by Tefo Mapesela in May 2021 after leaving the All Basotho Convention. Mapesela, who...

Lebollo is a cultural and traditional practice that transitions boys in the Basotho society to manhood. It is a rite of passage where bashanyana or bashemane...

the South African apartheid era Bantustan of QwaQwa, also known as the Basotho ba Borwa. Dates in italics indicate de facto continuation of office. Bantustan...

For thousands of years, a pilgrimage has been made by the Basotho people to a network of sacred caves to communicate with the spiritual world. The caves...

The Witzieshoek revolt was a rebellion of Basotho residents in Witzieshoek in the Orange Free State of South Africa during the mid 20th century. It arose...

The All Basotho Convention (ABC; Sotho: Kobo-tata ea Basotho) is a political party in Lesotho. The party was formed in October 2006 and founded by Tom...

of the Basotho people, had been under the nominal control of the Cape Colony since 1872. However the Cape government had allowed the Basotho leadership...

The Basuto Gun War, also known as the Basutoland Rebellion, was a conflict between the Basuto and the British Cape Colony. It lasted from 13 September...

the upper Orange and in the valley of the Caledon. Moshoeshoe, a minor Basotho chief, had welded together a number of scattered and broken clans which...