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Word: shesh (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1960-1960
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Under the Blanket. Two decades ago, Mantsebo took over in a bitter family quarrel that sorely split the Sons of Mo-shesh, the elite 1,000-odd living descendants of the fabled 19th century ruler who fought off the Zulus, founded the Basuto nation, and asked that his people be taken "under the great Queen Victoria's blanket." Over the years, Mantsebo successfully parried each attempt to edge her out, but last week a new, more dangerous threat was on the scene: a tall, natty young Oxford student just back from England. He was Constantinus Bereng Seeiso, Mantsebo...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: BASUTOLAND: Horn of Trouble | 1/25/1960 | See Source »

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