May 20
Lesotho: Lesotho's Mountain Life Was Harsh for Early Humans - Fire Made All the Difference
When imagining our early human ancestors in prehistoric Africa hundreds of thousands of years ago, one might envision trekkers plodding across a savanna, baking under an equatorial… Read more »
March 19
Lesotho: The Lesotho Highlands Water Project Is 40 Years Old and Going Strong - but History Weighs On Its Successes
Big projects bring big hopes and big dreams. They also bring big disappointment when they don't deliver on all the promises. Even when the projects work as they are supposed to. Read more »
December 09, 2025
Lesotho: Fossil Science Owes a Debt to Indigenous Knowledge - Lesotho Missionary's Notes Tell the Story
For over a century, the scientific literature has credited western missionaries with "discovering" fossils in Lesotho, the small, mountainous country surrounded by South Africa. Read more »
August 28, 2025
Lesotho: Lesotho's Historian 'Burns' Machobane Told the Country's Story - and Helped Build It After Colonialism
Last year Lesotho celebrated 200 years since the founding of the nation by Moeshoeshoe I. This year the small country in southern Africa will be celebrating the 60th anniversary of… Read more »
