Moshoeshoe: Lesotho traditional ruler who fought colonialism
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 7 ต.ค. 2020
- In Sesotho which is the language of the Lesotho people, the razor is said to make a “shoe-shoe” sound as it is used to shave. The man who is regarded as the founder of the Lesotho kingdom is known as “Moshoeshoe”, meaning the shaver. Indeed Moshoeshoe was a fighter and like a razor, he shaved off the attempts of European colonialists to conquer his kingdom.
Born in 1786 at Menkhoaneng in present day Lesotho his father was Chief Mokhachane of Bamokoteli, a sub-clan of the Basotho people. His given name was Lepoqo but when he successfully organized a raid and captured several herds of cattle, he composed a poem of praise for himself as was the tradition, and in the poem, referred to himself as the razor that shaved the beards of the enemy. Afterwards he was fondly called Moshoeshoe which means the shaver. As a very young man, he helped his father conquer some other smaller clans and expand his chiefdom. Around 1822 when Moshoeshoe was 34, he formed his own clan and became the chief. He and his followers settled at the Butha-Buthe Mountain. However that period was when the great Zulu King, Shaka was reigning and his armies were conquering other smaller clans, forcing many to flee
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Such a great king indeed!!
That's my Great - Great - Great (GRAND FATHER)
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Awesome, informative and entertaining history lesson. Thanks!
Not all true though
They always lie saying Zulus are the only tribe that defeated the British forces
Lol no the British suffered the most defeat by an indigenous tribe when they fought the Zulus. Also The Zulus victory is more famous, because of the strategic mind of shaka.that strategist study till this day. What also hypes them up is that they revolutionized warfare in Southern Africa.
Moshoeshoe beat Britain in all departments. You won't find in the history books
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Moshoshoe didn't run from Shaka Zulu... Stop lieng...
Fat lie that one
He never ran , they came from the Congo and settled in Lesotho
They bloody lieing this ones
You clearly don't know your history. When Shaka was busy demolishing smaller tribes, he came to the basotho people and took their livestock. That's when Moshoeshoe and his people moved from where they were. Check what happened during "uMfecane" or "Mofeqane" in sotho.
@@amoareacts2499 wa pota wena it's you who don't know the history . Shaka never had an encounter with Moshoeshoe whatsoever. The only thing Moshoeshoe did was to donate food to Shaka because he believed that people fought because of starvation that's why he absorbed a lot of Zulus who were ravaged by Shaka .That's why you find a lot of us can learn Zulu easily because there's a lot of Zulus who were naturalized as Basotho but they still have that Zuulu connection even today be it be bearing Zulu names and speaking Isizulu.
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Great king he was
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Theys is true I am Mosotho my name is lehakoe surname is Selikane
moshoeshoe ran from the tlokoas not king shaka....maybe that can be argued
Not traditional ruler but King. Such disrespect!
who was the king before moshoeshoe and what hapened to him?
There was no king but a lot of Chiefdoms .
Why don't you hire people who can pronounce our names correctly 😡
This is misleading, misinformed, one sided and last but not least, not your story to tell.