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Title: | The significance of Basotho philosophy of development as expressed in their proverbs |
Author: | Seema, Johannes |
Year: | 2012 |
Periodical: | Indilinga: African Journal of Indigenous Knowledge Systems |
Volume: | 11 |
Issue: | 1 |
Pages: | 128-137 |
Language: | English |
Geographic term: | Southern Africa |
Subjects: | Sotho indigenous knowledge proverbs development |
External link: | https://hdl.handle.net/10520/EJC126059 |
Abstract: | This article examines Basotho indigenous knowledge systems, particularly the way in which they are embedded in proverbs, as containing a philosophy of Basotho development. It first analyses the precolonial Sotho's perspective on development as expressed in their arts and beliefs. There has always been an artistic relationship between Basotho art and their life, and this article is mainly based on the assumption that Basotho oral art is used to formulate models of their development. Attention is paid to the indigenous Sotho economy, Sotho family structure, Sotho indigenous education, and the Sotho religious system. The article argues that the philosophy of Botho/Ubuntu and Basotho communalism that is outlined in the proverbs has contributed significantly to their development. Finally the article argues that there is much to draw on from Basotho proverbs that can be used to solve their socioeconomic problems. Bibliogr., sum. [Journal abstract, edited] |