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Lesotho: History, Culture, and Geography of Music

By: Mpho Molikeng
In: The SAGE International Encyclopedia of Music and Culture
Edited by: Janet Sturman
Subject:Sociology of Culture, Social & Cultural Anthropology, Popular Music
Keywords:dance; geography and music; Lesotho; music; musical instruments

On the foothills of the Drakensburg and Maluti mountains lies a country called Lesotho, completely surrounded by South Africa. It is home to approximately two million people, who are known as the Basotho in the plural and Mosotho in the singular. It is a relatively young country founded by ...

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  Molikeng, M. (2019). Lesotho: history, culture, and geography of music. In J. Sturman (Ed.), The SAGE international encyclopedia of music and culture (Vol. 1, pp. 1327-1331). SAGE Publications, Inc., https://www.doi.org/10.4135/9781483317731.n430
  
  Molikeng, Mpho. "Lesotho: History, Culture, and Geography of Music." In The SAGE International Encyclopedia of Music and Culture, edited by Sturman, Janet, 1327-31. Thousand Oaks,, CA: SAGE Publications, Inc., 2019. http://dx.doi.org/10.4135/9781483317731.n430.
  
  Molikeng, M. 2019. Lesotho: History, Culture, and Geography of Music. In: Janet Sturman Editor, 2019. The SAGE International Encyclopedia of Music and Culture, Thousand Oaks,, CA: SAGE Publications, Inc. pp. 1327-1331 Available at: <http://www.doi.org/10.4135/9781483317731.n430> [Accessed 17 May 2021].
  
  Molikeng, Mpho. "Lesotho: History, Culture, and Geography of Music." The SAGE International Encyclopedia of Music and Culture. Edited by Janet Sturman. Vol. 1. Thousand Oaks,: SAGE Publications, Inc., 2019, pp. 1327-31. SAGE Knowledge. 17 May 2021, doi: http://www.doi.org/10.4135/9781483317731.n430.
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