SOUTH AFRICA. Basutoland. Basuto mother and child from the highlands. 1947.
In 1868 Sir Philip Woodehouse, Govenor of of the Cape Colony wasauthorised to recognise King Moshesh and his Basuto followers as British Subjects. Therby Basutoland became the first of the High Commission territories in South Africa to some under colonial rule. In the past Basutoland was the scene of much tribal fghting, centering around the mountain of Thaba Bosieu (Mountain of the Night).