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Basotho (people of Lesotho) cuisine features African traditions and British influence. [1] Lesotho is surrounded by South Africa and it shares culinary practices with its neighbor. Lesotho's food culture features likhobe [2] (a stew with beans, berries, and sorghum), meat, and vegetables. Corn-based dishes include papa [3] and motoho (fermented ...
Country/region. Description. Achu/Achou. Cameroon. A dish consisting of pounded cocoyams and a red palm oil soup, served with cow skin, oxtail, tripe, and steamed eggplant. Afang. Nigeria. A vegetable soup which has its origin from the Efik people in the southeast of Nigeria. Ahriche.
The Sotho ( / ˈsuːtuː / ), also known as the Basotho ( / bæˈsuːtuː / ), are a Sotho-Tswana ethnic group native to Southern Africa. They primarily inhabit the regions of Lesotho and South Africa . The ancestors of the Sotho people are believed to have originated from Northeast Africa, and migrated south in the fifth century CE.
Lebollo la banna is a Sesotho term for male initiation . Lebollo is a cultural and traditional practice that transitions boys in the Basotho society to manhood. It is a rite of passage where bashanyana ( transl. "boys") pass puberty and enter adulthood to become monna ( transl. "men") by circumcision. This practice is primarily found among ...
The traditional method of eating ugali (and the most common in rural areas) is to roll a lump into a ball with the right hand and then dip it into a sauce or stew of vegetables or meat. Making a depression with the thumb allows the ugali to scoop, and wrap around pieces of meat to pick them up in the same way that flatbread is used in other ...
Lebollo la basadi. Lebollo la basadi also known as female initiation among the Basotho is a rite of passage ritual which marks the transition of girls into womanhood. This activity is still practiced in the Free State, Mpumalanga, Eastern Cape and KwaZulu Natal provinces of South Africa. In Sesotho, lebollo means initiation.
The Sotho-Tswana ethnic group derives its name from the people who belong to the various Sotho and Tswana clans that live in southern Africa. Historically, all members of the group were referred to as Sothos; the name is now exclusively applied to speakers of Southern Sotho who live mainly in Lesotho and the Free State province in South Africa, while Northern Sotho is reserved for Sotho ...
Mageu (Setswana spelling), Mahewu (Shona/Chewa/Nyanja spelling), Mahleu (Sesotho spelling), Magau (xau-Namibia) (Khoikhoi spelling), Madleke (Tsonga spelling), Mabundu (Tshivenda spelling), maHewu, amaRhewu (Xhosa spelling) or amaHewu (Zulu and Northern Ndebele spelling) is a traditional Southern African non-alcoholic drink among many of the Chewa/Nyanja, Shona, Ndebele, Nama Khoikhoi and ...