Coplan, David B.

In the Time of Cannibals. The Word Music of South Africa's Basotho Migrants.

Chicago University / Witwatersrand University Press 1994. 300pp paperback 8vo. Owners inscription ffep else a Fine copy. ISBN: 9781868142767 The workers who migrate from Lesotho to the mines and cities of neighbouring South Africa have developed a rich genre of sung oral poetry focussing upon the experiences of migrant life. This music provides an account of a migrant's life, revealing the relationship between the Basotho workers and those who live off of the workers' labour (the cannibals). Includes transcriptions of male and female performances.

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Book number: 24272

Catalogue: Lesotho

Keywords: ethnomusicology social anthropology africa african south southern music lesotho

Makoa, Thabo. (Anne-Laure Zwilling).

Shepherd Boy of the Maloti. As Recorded & Arranged By Anne-Laure Zwilling.

Morija 2005. Printed wraps. 157pp illustrated colour photos. A Fine unread copy. ISBN: 9991163239 Tells the story of Thabo, a young boy growing up as a shepherd in the Kingdom of Lesotho, in his own words. A fascinating look at rural life in Africa.

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Book number: 14154

Catalogue: Lesotho

Keywords: biography autobiography lesotho south southern africa african basutho basutoland

Murray, Colin.

Families Divided. The Impact of Migrant Labour in Lesotho.

Ravan 1981. 219pp paperback. Owners signature ffep. G-VG condition. ISBN: 9780869752036 Lesotho, once 'the granary of the Free State and part of the Cape Colony', eventually became an impoverished labour reserve. Mass labour migration destroyed family life in Lesotho as well as in Botswana, Swaziland, and the bantustans within South Africa. Why did the migrant labour system not end with political independence in these countries? Author examines this fundamental question in his historical study of Lesotho.

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Book number: 24214

Catalogue: Lesotho

Keywords: africa african south southern lesotho

Rosenthal, Eric.

African Switzerland. Basutoland of to-Day.

Juta. Cape Town 1948. 245pp. illus b/w photos. drawings. map. Front hinge splitting hence a good reading copy only in worn dustwrapper with loss. An account of the country and people of Basutoland.

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Book number: 20782

Catalogue: Lesotho

Keywords: lesotho basuto south southern africa african

Shaw, Alison. & Ardener, Shirley. (Eds).

Changing Sex and Bending Gender. Social Identities Volume 1.

Berghahn 2005. Printed yellow wraps. 158pp 8vo. Ownership inscription ffep else a Fine unread copy. ISBN: 9781845450991

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Book number: 25410

Catalogue: Lesotho

Keywords: anthropology feminism gender

Sleath, Hedley. (Ed. Theo Coggin).

A Decade with the Basotho.

Johannesburg 1988. Printed card wraps. 114pp. No inscriptions, VG condition. ISBN: 9780947450052 Hedley Sleath spent a decade in Lesotho as a Methodist missionary. He came to South Africa in 1958, first to Rhodes University in Grahamstown, then Stutterheim followed by Seven Fountains. He married Thelma Dugmore with whom he went to Maseru in 1969 to take charge of the Lesotho Mission. He achieved much during his 11 years in Lesotho including the building of the Semonkong Methodist Hospital, new classrooms at Leribe and Maseru Primary schools, and the establishment of the Matsepe Vocational High School at Mafeteng.

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Book number: 27479

Catalogue: Lesotho

Keywords: south southern africa african methodist church missionary lesotho

Sleath, Hedley. (Ed. Theo Coggin).

A Decade with the Basotho.

Johannesburg 1988. Printed card wraps. 114pp. Minor damp marking to lower edge of ffep, hence G-VG condition. ISBN: 9780947450052 Inscribed as gift by Thelma Sleath. Hedley Sleath spent a decade in Lesotho as a Methodist missionary. He came to South Africa in 1958, first to Rhodes University in Grahamstown, then Stutterheim followed by Seven Fountains. He married Thelma Dugmore with whom he went to Maseru in 1969 to take charge of the Lesotho Mission. He achieved much during his 11 years in Lesotho including the building of the Semonkong Methodist Hospital, new classrooms at Leribe and Maseru Primary schools, and the establishment of the Matsepe Vocational High School at Mafeteng.

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Book number: 27562

Catalogue: Lesotho

Keywords: south southern africa african methodist church missionary lesotho

Smith, Edwin W.

The Mabilles of Basutoland.

Morija 1996. Facsimile Reprint Of The 1939 Edition. Blue cloth boards. 382pp. illustrated b/w. 12mo. indexed. A Fine unread copy in dustwrapper (lightly rubbed only). ISBN: 9789991179391 The author spent a year as the guest and pupil of the French missionaries, Adolphe & Adele Mabille, in Lesotho in 1898. Deals with the early life of these missionaries and their years in Lesotho spanning the 1865-1868 and Gun Wars. Bibliography.

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Book number: 13693

Catalogue: Lesotho

Keywords: basutoland lesotho south southern africa african basotho

Smith, Edwin W.

The Mabilles of Basutoland.

Morija 1996. Facsimile Reprint Of The 1939 Edition. Blue cloth boards. 382pp. illustrated b/w. 12mo. indexed. A Fine unread copy in dustwrapper (slightly rubbed only). ISBN: 9789991179391 Limited edition of 750 copies. The author spent a year as the guest and pupil of the French missionaries, Adolphe & Adele Mabille, in Lesotho in 1898. Deals with the early life of these missionaries and their years in Lesotho spanning the 1865-1868 and Gun Wars. Bibliography.

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Book number: 13694

Catalogue: Lesotho

Keywords: basutoland lesotho south southern africa african basotho

Whittle, Luky. (Ill. Sister Catherine).

Father Joseph Gerard. Apostle of Lesotho.

1988. 36pp stapled booklet. No inscription. wraps a little worn, VG condition. Written in honour of the proposed visit of his Holiness, Pope John Paul II, to Lesotho, September 1988, in order to beatify Father Gerard, who was declared Venerable by Pope Pius XII in 1952 at Rome.

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Book number: 24406

Catalogue: Lesotho

Keywords: south southern africa african lesotho roman catholic church