Historical Dictionary of Lesotho

504 Pages·2004·22.486 MB·English

by  Scott Rosenberg, Richard F. Weisfelder, Michelle Frisbie-Fulton

NEW EDITION
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HISTORICAL DICTIONARY OF
LESOTHO
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SCOTT ROSENBERG
RICHARD F. WEISFELDER
MICHELLE FRISBIE-FULTON
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AFRICAN HISTORICAL DICTIONARIES
Edited by Jon Woronoff
1. Cameroon, by Victor T. Le Vine and Roger R Nye. 1974. Out of
print. See No. 48.
2. The Congo, 2nd ed., by Virginia Thompson and Richard Adloff.
1984. Out of print. See No. 69.
3. Swaziland, by John J. Grotpeter. 1975.
4. The Gambia, 2nd ed., by Harry A. Gailey. 1987. Out of print. See
No. 79.
5. Botswana, by Richard P. Stevens. 1975. Out of print. See No. 70.
6. Somalia, by Margaret E Castagno. 1975. Out of print. See No. 87.
7. Benin (Dahomey), 2nd ed., by Samuel Decalo. 1987. Out of print.
See No. 61.
8. Burundi, by Warren Weinstein. 1976. Out of print. See No. 73.
9. Togo, 3rd ed., by Samuel Decalo. 1996.
10. Lesotho, by Gordon Haliburton. 1977. Out of print. See No. 90.
11. Mali, 3rd ed., by Pascal James Imperato. 1996.
12. Sierra Leone, by Cyril Patrick Foray. 1977.
13. Chad, 3rd ed., by Samuel Decalo. 1997.
14. Upper Volta, by Daniel Miles McFarland. 1978.
15. Tanzania, by Laura S. Kurtz. 1978.
16. Guinea, 3rd ed., by Thomas O’Toole with Ibrahima Bah-Lalya.
1995.
17. Sudan, by John Voll. 1978. Out of print. See No. 53.
18. Rhodesia/Zimbabwe, by R. Kent Rasmussen. 1979. Out of print.
See No. 46.
19. Zambia, 2nd ed., by John J. Grotpeter, Brian V. Siegel, and James
R. Pletcher. 1998.
20. Niger, 3rd ed., by Samuel Decalo. 1997.
21. Equatorial Guinea, 3rd ed., by Max Liniger-Goumaz. 2000.
22. Guinea-Bissau, 3rd ed., by Richard Lobban and Peter Mendy.
1997.
23. Senegal, by Lucie G. Colvin. 1981. Out of print. See No. 65.
24. Morocco, by William Spencer. 1980. Out of print. See No. 71.
25. Malawi, by Cynthia A. Crosby. 1980. Out of print. See No. 84.
26. Angola, by Phyllis Martin. 1980. Out of print. See No. 52.
27. The Central African Republic, by Pierre Kalck. 1980. Out of print.
See No. 51.
28. Algeria, by Alf Andrew Heggoy. 1981. Out of print. See No. 66.
29. Kenya, by Bethwell A. Ogot. 1981. Out of print. See No. 77.
30. Gabon, by David E. Gardinier. 1981. Out of print. See No. 58.
31. Mauritania, by Alfred G. Gerteiny. 1981. Out of print. See No. 68.
32. Ethiopia, by Chris Prouty and Eugene Rosenfeld. 1981. Out of
print. See No. 56.
33. Libya, 3rd ed., by Ronald Bruce St John. 1998.
34. Mauritius, by Lindsay Riviere. 1982. Out of print. See No. 49.
35. Western Sahara, by Tony Hodges. 1982. Out of print. See No. 55.
36. Egypt, by Joan Wucher King. 1984. Out of print. See No. 67.
37. South Africa, by Christopher Saunders. 1983. Out of print. See No.
78.
38. Liberia, by D. Elwood Dunn and Svend E. Holsoe. 1985. Out of
print. See No. 83.
39. Ghana, by Daniel Miles McFarland. 1985. Out of print. See No. 78.
40. Nigeria, 2nd ed., by Anthony Oyewole and John Lucas. 2000.
41. Cote d’Ivoire (The Ivory Coast), 2nd ed., by Robert J. Mundt. 1995.
42. Cape Verde, 2nd ed., by Richard Lobban and Marilyn Halter. 1988.
Out of print. See No. 62.
43. Zaire, by F. Scott Bobb. 1988. Out of print. See No. 76.
44. Botswana, 2nd ed., by Fred Morton, Andrew Murray, and Jeff
Ramsay. 1989. Out of print. See No. 70.
45. Tunisia, 2nd ed., by Kenneth J. Perkins. 1997.
46. Zimbabwe, 2nd ed., by Steven C. Rubert and R. Kent Rasmussen.
1990. Out of print. See No. 86.
47. Mozambique, by Mario Azevedo. 1991. Out of print. See No. 88.
48. Cameroon, 2nd ed., by Mark W. DeLancey and H. Mbella Mokeba.
1990.
49. Mauritius, 2nd ed., by Sydney Selvon. 1991.
50. Madagascar, by Maureen Coveil. 1995.
51. The Central African Republic, 2nd ed., by Pierre Kalck; translated
by Thomas O’Toole. 1992.
52. Angola, 2nd ed., by Susan H. Broadhead. 1992.
53. Sudan, 2nd ed., by Carolyn Fluehr-Lobban, Richard A. Lobban, Jr.,
and John Obert Voll. 1992. Out of print. See No. 85.
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54. Malawi, 2nd ed., by Cynthia A. Crosby. 1993. Out of print. See No.
84.
55. Western Sahara, 2nd ed., by Anthony Pazzanita and Tony Hodges.
1994.
56. Ethiopia and Eritrea, 2nd ed., by Chris Prouty and Eugene
Rosenfeld. 1994.
57. Namibia, by John J. Grotpeter. 1994.
58. Gabon, 2nd ed., by David E. Gardinier. 1994.
59. Comoro Islands, by Martin Ottenheimer and Harriet Ottenheimer.
1994.
60. Rwanda, by Learthen Dorsey. 1994.
61. Benin, 3rd ed., by Samuel Decalo. 1995.
62. Republic of Cape Verde, 3rd ed., by Richard Lobban and Marlene
Lopes. 1995.
63. Ghana, 2nd ed., by David Owusu-Ansah and Daniel Miles
McFarland. 1995.
64. Uganda, by M. Louise Pirouet. 1995.
65. Senegal, 2nd ed., by Andrew F. Clark and Lucie Colvin Phillips.
1994.
66. Algeria, 2nd ed., by Phillip Chiviges Naylor and Alf Andrew
Heggoy. 1994.
67. Egypt, 2nd ed., by Arthur Goldschmidt Jr. 1994. Out of print. See
No. 90.
68. Mauritania, 2nd ed., by Anthony G. Pazzanita. 1996.
69. Congo, 3rd ed., by Samuel Decalo, Virginia Thompson, and
Richard Adloff. 1996.
70. Botswana, 3rd ed., by Jeff Ramsay, Barry Morton, and Fred
Morton. 1996.
71. Morocco, 2nd ed., by Thomas K. Park. 1996.
72. Tanzania, 2nd ed., by Thomas P. Ofcansky and Rodger Yeager.
1997.
73. Burundi, 2nd ed., by Ellen K. Eggers. 1997.
74. Burkina Faso, 2nd ed., by Daniel Miles McFarland and Lawrence
Rupley. 1998.
75. Eritrea, by Tom Killion. 1998.
76. Democratic Republic of the Congo (Zaire), by F. Scott Bobb. 1999.
(Revised edition of Historical Dictionary of Zaire, No. 43)
77. Kenya, 2nd ed., by Robert M. Maxon and Thomas R Ofcansky.
2000.
78. South Africa, 2nd ed., by Christopher Saunders and Nicholas
Southey. 2000.
79. The Gambia, 3rd ed., by Arnold Hughes and Harry A. Gailey.
2000.
80. Swaziland, 2nd ed., by Alan R. Booth. 2000.
81. Republic of Cameroon, 3rd ed., by Mark W. DeLancey and Mark
Dike DeLancey. 2000.
82. Djibouti, by Daoud A. Alwan and Yohanis Mibrathu. 2000.
83. Liberia, 2nd ed., by D. Elwood Dunn, Amos J. Beyan, and Carl
Patrick Burrowes. 2001.
84. Malawi, 3rd ed., by Owen J. Kalinga and Cynthia A. Crosby. 2001.
85. Sudan, 3rd ed., by Richard A. Lobban Jr., Robert S. Kramer, and
Carolyn Fluehr-Lobban. 2002.
86. Zimbabwe, 3rd ed., by Steven C. Rubert and R. Kent Rasmussen.
2001.
87. Somalia, 2nd ed., by Mohamed Haji Mukhtar. 2002.
88. Mozambique, 2nd ed., by Mario Azevedo, Emmanuel Nnadozie,
and Tome Mbuia Joao. 2003.
89. Egypt, 3rd ed., by Arthur Goldschmidt Jr. and Robert Johnston.
2003.
90. Lesotho, new edition, by Scott Rosenberg, Richard Weisfelder, and
Michelle Frisbie-Fulton. 2004.
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Historical Dictionary
of Lesotho
New Edition
Scott Rosenberg
Richard F. Weisfelder
Michelle Frisbie-Fulton
African Historical Dictionaries, No. 90
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