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Lesotho literature. Notable authors in the African kingdom of Lesotho include Moroesi Akhionbare (1945–2020 ), Thomas Mofolo (1876–1948), Caroline Ntseliseng Khaketla (1918–2012), [ 1][ 2] Mzamane Nhlapo and Mpho 'M'atsepo Nthunya . Only a limited amount of Lesotho literature is available in the English language. Among these works is ...
The history of people living in the area now known as Lesotho ( / ləˈsuːtuː, - ˈsoʊtoʊ / [ 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 ...
Lesotho ( / lɪˈsuːtuː / ⓘ lih-SOO-too, [ 6][ 7] Sotho pronunciation: [lɪˈsʊːtʰʊ] ), formally the Kingdom of Lesotho, 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 ...
Sesotho (or Southern Sesotho), a Southern Bantu language, is the national language of Lesotho, [2] [3] [note 1] and is spoken by most Basotho. [note 2] It was recognized as the national language by the National and Official Languages Bill, ratified by the National Assembly of Lesotho on 12 September 1966, which also established Sesotho and English as the country's two official languages.
The Sotho ( / ˈsuːtuː / ), also known as the Basotho ( / bæˈsuːtuː / ), are a Sotho-Tswana ethnic group native to Southern Africa. They primarily inhabit the regions of Lesotho and South Africa . The ancestors of the Sotho people are believed to have originated from Northeast Africa, and migrated south in the fifth century CE.
African literature is literature from Africa, either oral (" orature ") or written in African and Afro-Asiatic languages. Examples of pre-colonial African literature can be traced back to at least the fourth century AD. The best-known is the Kebra Negast, or "Book of Kings" from the 14th century AD. [ 1] Another well-known book is the Garima ...
S. Singing Away the Hunger. Categories: Arts in Lesotho. African literature by country. Literature by country.
The first page of Beowulf. Old English literature, or Anglo-Saxon literature, encompasses the surviving literature written in Old English in Anglo-Saxon England, in the period after the settlement of the Saxons and other Germanic tribes in England (Jutes and the Angles) c. 450, after the withdrawal of the Romans, and "ending soon after the Norman Conquest" in 1066. [12]