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Key Historical Events. Basutoland first received the protection of Britain in 1868 at the request of Moshoeshoe I, the first paramount chief. In 1871 the territory was annexed to the Cape Colony, but in 1884 it was restored to the direct control of the British Government through the High Commissioner for South Africa.
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Bardill, J. E. and Cobbe, J. H., Lesotho: Dilemmas of Dependence in South Africa. London, 1986
Murray, C., Families Divided: The Impact of Migrant Labour in Lesotho. OUP, 1981
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Hunter, B. (1996). Lesotho. In: Hunter, B. (eds) The Statesman’s Year-Book. The Statesman’s Yearbook. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230271258_108
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