Basotho
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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Twenty-five-year-old aspiring podcaster Katleho Selatela attested to this: "It feels like we can be critical about the government and not worry about safety. It feels like we can be proud to be Basotho again."
From BBC ● Nov. 5, 2022
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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