Lesotho
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Lesotho, officially the Kingdom of Lesotho, is a landlocked country in Southern Africa. Surrounded by South Africa, it is the largest of the three sovereign enclaves. Lesotho is located in the Maloti
King Moshoeshoe I with his ministers
1959 stamps for the Basutoland National Council
Lesotho mountains
The Parliament building in Maseru
Sotho people
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The Basotho, also known as the Sotho, are a Sotho-Tswana ethnic group indigenous to Southern Africa. They primarily inhabit the regions of Lesotho, South Africa, Botswana and Namibia.
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…but returned in 1992 and was reinstated in 1995. One year later, Moshoeshoe II died and his son Letsie III took the throne, which he still holds. The Sotho ethnic group (also known as Basotho), from which the country derives its name, comprises 99.7% of the country's current population, making it one of the most…
Basotho horsemen
King Moshoeshoe.
A Mosotho man wearing a modianywe
Basotho on Horses