Prophets With Honour by Robert R. Edgar (Author)

ISBN: 9780869753125

One of Southern Africa's most intriguing resistance movements in the first half of the twentieth century was the Basotho political association, Lekhotla la Bafo( Council of Commoners). Founded after the First World War, the group developed a unique political platform during four decades from the twenties to the sixties, blending a passionate defence of Basotho chieftainship and culture with a vigorous anti-colonial and Pan African stance. Most rural protest movements leave few historical traces. This collection of Lekhotla la Bafo's works- Letters,speeches, petitions and articles - is an important exception. Robert Edgar's pioneering work in assembling the collection is complemented by his insight into the colonial context within which the movement took shape. His introduction and linking text help these documents to speak again, with power and urgency, in the unfolding present.