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Preferred term
Lesotho
Definition
- Lesotho, known as Basutoland during a brief period of colonialism, emerged as a polity in the 1820s when Sotho and Nguni clans fled to King Moshoeshoe I, seeking refuge from King Shaka's Mfecane. Although many view present-day Lesotho as culturally homogeneous, what now constitutes the Basotho were fragments of distinct ethnolinguistic groups brought together by the charismatic king. [Source: Cultural Sociology of Divorce: An Encyclopedia; Lesotho]
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https://concepts.sagepub.com/social-science/concept/Lesotho
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