Lovely indeed and even a history of Basotho very lovely i think they should engage Lesotho Government to help with sponsoring this type of race . Lesotho is a lovely country and very respecting residents
King Moshoeshoe was the first Afrikan leader of SOUTHERN AFRICA (in recorded history) to have a cavalry but definitely not the first in general. As many ancient Afrikan leaders have had cavalries over time, some thousands of years before the Europeans even knew how to ride themselves, let alone the baSotho. From the famous Nubians & Kemites to the Yuroba-Oyo empire of the last millennium. The Nubian kingdom of Makurya in the 7th century was notorious for it's horsemanship as they used a fantastic cavalry to defeat and crush Arab invaders during the advances of the first Rashidan Caliphate.
If by "Sub-Saharan" you mean non Arab/moslem Africa (of which neither the ancient Nubians and Kemites were, or also if you meant Africa south of the Sahara) then you are still not quite accurate as many kingdoms and empires south of the Sahara had cavalries before the 18th century. Such as the Oyo empire (a non Abrahamic - non christian or moslem Afrikan equestrian culture) in what came to be named by colonialists as 'Nigeria', Benin & Togo. The Oyo empire developed a cavalry as early as the late 17th century in order to expand their territory. There is also the Ethiopian empire and the (Afrikan/black) kingdom of Makuria along the Nile that crushed two Arab armies in order to stop a moslem invasion by the first Caliphate after the death of their - the Arab's Mohammed in the mid 7th century CE. The Makurians were famous for their splendid horsemanship & combined archery. But of course I am not trying to take away from our ancestor Baaba Moshoeshoe the Great. Just trying to contribute accurate information that can also educate us as children of the Motherland in general. I speak as an east African and Afrikan/black brother whom is proud of all our equestrian history. Knowledge is power!
Dit was nou hoogs interessant. Ons is nuut hier inop die grens van Lesotho. My dogter lei perde op en ons het altyd gewonder oor al die stories van die perde resies en die Basotho's met hul perde die in die berge. Dankie vir 'n puik video rendisie. So in die hart van als.
What a wonderful video, thank you for exposing my home-town
Lovely indeed and even a history of Basotho very lovely i think they should engage Lesotho Government to help with sponsoring this type of race . Lesotho is a lovely country and very respecting residents
King Moshoeshoe was the first Afrikan leader of SOUTHERN AFRICA (in recorded history) to have a cavalry but definitely not the first in general. As many ancient Afrikan leaders have had cavalries over time, some thousands of years before the Europeans even knew how to ride themselves, let alone the baSotho. From the famous Nubians & Kemites to the Yuroba-Oyo empire of the last millennium. The Nubian kingdom of Makurya in the 7th century was notorious for it's horsemanship as they used a fantastic cavalry to defeat and crush Arab invaders during the advances of the first Rashidan Caliphate.
You are correct, but I think we can safely say King Moshoeshoe was the first Sub-Saharian king with a cavalry.
If by "Sub-Saharan" you mean non Arab/moslem Africa
(of which neither the ancient Nubians and Kemites were, or also if you meant Africa south of the Sahara)
then you are still not quite accurate as many kingdoms and empires south of the Sahara had cavalries before the 18th century. Such as the Oyo empire (a non Abrahamic - non christian or moslem Afrikan equestrian culture) in what came to be named by colonialists as 'Nigeria', Benin & Togo. The Oyo empire developed a cavalry as early as the late 17th century in order to expand their territory. There is also the Ethiopian empire and the (Afrikan/black) kingdom of Makuria along the Nile that crushed two Arab armies in order to stop a moslem invasion by the first Caliphate after the death of their - the Arab's Mohammed in the mid 7th century CE.
The Makurians were famous for their splendid horsemanship & combined archery.
But of course I am not trying to take away from our ancestor Baaba Moshoeshoe the Great. Just trying to contribute accurate information that can also educate us as children of the Motherland in general. I speak as an east African and Afrikan/black brother whom is proud of all our equestrian history.
Knowledge is power!
interesting video, u guys must come and make a horse racing video in Matatiele
Dit was nou hoogs interessant. Ons is nuut hier inop die grens van Lesotho. My dogter lei perde op en ons het altyd gewonder oor al die stories van die perde resies en die Basotho's met hul perde die in die berge. Dankie vir 'n puik video rendisie. So in die hart van als.
Jy is welkom. neem asseblief meer tyd sal jy meer oor Basotho-kultuur wat baie vriendelik leer
If I want buy a horse among villagers how much roughly
Engoe eneng retle ka molielietsane