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'this Matter of Women Is Getting Very Bad'
Gender, Development and Politics in Colonial Lesotho
Marc Epprecht
University Of KwaZulu-Natal Press · Print & ebook · December 1, 2000
Reading lane: South Africa History
Exploring the historiography of the four decades prior to Lesotho's independence in 1966, this book highlights neglected Basotho women's voices, including those of nuns, politicians, chiefs, prostitutes, runaways and homemakers, thereby providing a challenge to the models of development, politics and community that have been predominant in Lesotho in the modern era.
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- Authors
- Marc Epprecht
- Publisher
- University Of KwaZulu-Natal Press
- Published
- December 1, 2000
- Format
- Print & ebook
- Theme
- South Africa History
- Reading lane
- South Africa History
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About This Book
Exploring the historiography of the four decades prior to Lesotho's independence in 1966, this book highlights neglected Basotho women's voices, including those of nuns, politicians, chiefs, prostitutes, runaways and homemakers, thereby providing a challenge to the models of development, politics and community that have been predominant in Lesotho in the modern era.
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