What is it about?
This is about the colonial, imperial and theological resistance that Moshoeshoe 1 mounted against the British, the Afrikaners and the Missionaries. This intrusion was met with a variety of responses by King Moshoeshoe and his people. The King in particular, resorted to hidden forms of resistance . While we know a lot about overt forms of resistance, we still do not know much about mimicry and sly civility and those who occupied a ‘third space’ – liminality, as forms of subverting and resisting the colonial onslaught. These strategies are at one in their subversion, mockery, and distabilising effect on the culture and authority of the coloniser. King Moshoeshoe I, the founder of the Basotho nation, used these strategies in order to write himself and his people into existence in the face of colonial intrusion and domination.
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Why is it important?
It addresses strategies of resistance that King Moshoeshoe 1 employed against imperialism in a manner that no one has done before.
Perspectives
The article addresses itself specifically to the cultural, political and religious point of view.
Dr Paul Lekholokoe Leshota
National University of Lesotho
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This page is a summary of: Subverting the hegemony of Western ‘theological’ and cultural domination: King Moshoeshoe I and ‘hidden transcripts’ of resistance, Critical African Studies, May 2023, Taylor & Francis,
DOI: 10.1080/21681392.2023.2208688.
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