Basotho
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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The Basotho wear them as shawls at special events and give them as gifts.
From BBC • Mar. 5, 2025
But she praised its use of cultural touches like Basotho blankets and called the use of the isiXhosa language “very humbling.”
From Washington Times • Feb. 17, 2018
The costumes, designed by Ruth Carter, another black collaborator, split the difference between the usual capes-and-tights getup and the customary garb of the Maasai, Himba, Dogon, Basotho and Tuareg peoples.
From The Guardian • Jan. 12, 2018
Like other Basotho frustrated by water shortages and yellowing highlands, Letotokoto talks of the Highlands Water Project with disdain.
From US News • Jul. 25, 2016
I would refute it by noting that the presidents of the ANC have been Zulus, Basotho, Pedis, and Tswanas, and the executive has always been a mixture of tribal groups.
From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela
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