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His father, of course, was the famed agriculturist J.J. Machobane who developed a successful #intercropping system that people still utilize in #Lesotho.

In short, the #Machobane family history is the history of #independence in Lesotho.

May he rest in power.

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Lesotho’s historian ‘Burns’ Machobane told the country’s story – and helped build it after colonialism Few Basotho remain who witnessed colonial life. Even fewer went on to build institutions that shaped independent governance and education.

I wrote a tribute to the now-late doyen of #Lesotho #historians, LBBJ #Machobane (with assistance from Patrick Whang and Sibusiso Nkomo).

He was more than just a historian--he built institutions in the post-independence era

theconversation.com/lesothos-his...

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