The Basuto or Basotho Pony was an African breed of small horse. It developed in the territory that is now South Africa, but is more closely associated with Lesotho. In the twenty-first century it is r
Moshoeshoe I was the first king of Lesotho. He was the first son of Mokhachane, a minor chief of the Bamokoteli lineage, a branch of the Bakoena clan. In his youth, he helped his father gain power ove
Painting of King Moshoeshoe I
Photograph of Moshoeshoe I with his ministers
Photo of the grave of King Moshoeshoe I atop Thaba Bosiu taken in July 2011