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Originally published in 1952 and as a second edition in 1967 this volume provides a systematic and comprehensive account of the Basuto people and their changing culture, and reviews the developments and changes leading up to 1966 when Basutoland achieved independence as Lesotho. It describes in detail daily lives, the education and upbringing of children, initiation, marriage, economic activities and political developments within and outside the country. It includes a discussion of tribal and modern law and the workings of the courts and a study of the part played by magic and sorcery and an analysis of the motives leading to the out break of 'medicine' murders in the 1940s.
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INDEX
Adultery, 86, 239, 240, 263, 304
wife’s, 26
Agriculture, 90, 120 ff.
ploughing, 124–5
weeding, 127
Ancestors, 111, 113–16, 129
balimo, 114–15, 283, 284, 285, 289–90, 299
Animal husbandry, 134 ff.
veterinary knowledge and, 140–1
Assault, 241, 257–8, 280, 338–40
Avoidances, 76–8, 100
Bahlakoana, 17
BaKoena, 12, 13
“Bakoena”, 12
Ba-Lefe, 17, 31, 193, 327
Basketry and weaving, 160–1
Basuto, The, books about, vii
Boer War and, 5–6
Basutoland, 1 ff., 11
British protection for, 4, 5, 6
geology of, 120–1
Basutoland National Council, 6, 7, 187, 188, 192, 217, 245, 250
Bathepu, 11
Batlokoa, viii, ix, 17, 46, 202
See also Tlokoa
Ba-Tsotetsi, 17, 31, 48
Beer, 53, 67, 68, 69, 76, 93, 94, 95, 107, 111, 115–16, 129, 130, 178, 179
feasts, 111
Behaviour, 94, 249
patterns of, 20, 21, 76–7, 100
Bereng, Chief, ix, 17, 196–7, 213, 223, 313
Birth, 27 ff.
first child, the, 27–30
Bone-throwers and bone-throwing, see under Divination and diviners
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Half Title
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Table of Contents
- LIST OF PLATES
- INTRODUCTION
- INTRODUCTION TO THE SECOND EDITION
- I. HISTORICAL INTRODUCTION
- II. SOCIAL BACKGROUND
- III. CONCEPTION, BIRTH AND CHILDHOOD
- IV. EDUCATION
- V. MARRIAGE
- VI. SOCIAL ROUTINE AND ACTIVITIES
- VII. OLD AGE, DEATH AND RELIGIOUS BELIEFS
- VIII. AGRICULTURE
- IX. ANIMAL HUSBANDRY
- X. LAND TENURE
- XI. MISCELLANEOUS OCCUPATIONS AND PURSUITS
- XII. TRADE, EXCHANGE, WEALTH AND PROPERTY
- XIII. POLITICAL ORGANIZATION
- XIV. JUDICIAL ORGANIZATION
- XV. LAW
- XVI. MEDICINE, MAGIC AND SORCERY
- I. GLOSSARY OF SESUTO WORDS
- II. KINSHIP TERMS
- III. KINSHIP MARRIAGE
- IV. CASES TRIED IN NATIVE AUTHORITY COURTS
- V. NATIVE AUTHORITIES, 1949
- BIBLIOGRAPHY
- SUPPLEMENTARY BIBLIOGRAPHY
- Index