Word: basutoland
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Clad in gay robes and conical straw hats, hard-riding Basuto tribesmen last week poured into their hilltop capital of Maseru. The joyous occasion: the royal marriage in the Roman Catholic cathedral of Our Lady of Victories between a serene young student named Tabitha Masentle Mojela and Basutoland's Paramount Chief, Oxford-educated Constantine Bereng Seeiso Moshoeshoe II, who ascended the throne of the British protectorate in 1960 after a tough fight with his stepmother, who had acted as regent for 20 years...
...whinny-an affectionate salute that is supposed to imitate the neighing of a Basuto pony. They scrupulously obeyed the sign posted before the church: "No horses allowed in the cathedral." Also on hand to pay their respects were foreign diplomats stationed in South Africa, the country that completely surrounds Basutoland. With the two-hour marriage ceremony completed, the diplomats headed home and all Basutoland (pop. 700,000) settled down to three days of parades, celebrations and feasts of barbecued oxen...
...applies even if the listed man lives outside of South Africa. The Liberal Party magazine Contact is no longer able to print articles by Party Leader Patrick Duncan, who edits it from exile in Basutoland. Actor-Playwright Cecil Williams may appear in other people's plays−as long as he does not ad-lib−but no one can appear in his. Two Capetown city councilors are allowed to attend council meetings, but their remarks must be left out of the record. No one may publish cross-examination−or even scholarly legal briefs−by Abraham Fischer...
Ethiopia, Basutoland, Bechuanaland, and Swaziland will send students to the United States under the program for the first time next year. Only countries in Sub-Sahara Africa participate in the program...
Bennett Makalo Khaketla, Minister of Education and Health in Basutoland, discussed the peculiar problems of his land, a British protectorate in southern Africa completely enclosed by the Union of South Africa...