Mountain kingdom forged by Moshoeshoe I as a refuge in the Mfecane, later a British protectorate.
The Basotho Kingdom became the British protectorate of Basutoland in 1868 after Moshoeshoe I appealed to Britain; it gained independence as the Kingdom of Lesotho on 4 October 1966.
Shillington's survey covers the Mfecane and the founding of Moshoeshoe's Basotho kingdom in the mountains of Lesotho.
The southern African frontier around Basutoland (broad context).