A drawing of Thaba-Bosiu, the citadel of Moshoeshoe the Great, as it appeared in 1845. Thaba-Bosiu was occupied by Moshoeshoe and his followers from 1824 …
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A drawing of Thaba-Bosiu, the citadel of Moshoeshoe the Great, as it appeared in 1845. Thaba-Bosiu was occupied by Moshoeshoe and his followers from 1824 after they emigrated from Butha-Buthe. It was believed that this mountain grew at night to protect the Basotho from various invaders – hence its name “The Mountain at Night”, which was never conquered. In the drawing one can see Moshoeshoe’s house on top of the mountain and some of the villages that were at its base, with the Protestant mission founded by Eugene Casalis shown to the left. The houses seen in the foreground are typical of that era and are called “mohlongoa-fats’e”.
