Basotho tribespeople gather to greet the King (1947)

GAUMONT BRITISH NEWSREEL (REUTERS)
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From all over the southern African countryside, Basotho tribespeople travel for hundreds of miles on foot and on horseback to the capital city of Maseru to see King George VI, and the King presents Paramount Chieftain Mantsebo Amelia Matsaba with the Order of the British Empire
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SLATE INFORMATION: Tribesmen Gather for Royal Visit
SOUTHERN AFRICA: Lesotho (Basutoland): Maseru:
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BASUTO TRIBES Gather to greet the Royal Family including Paramount Chieftain Mansebo Seeiso who receives an O.B.E. from the King
GEORGE VI Presents the O.B.E. to Paramount Chieftain Mantsebo Seeiso during a gathering of the Basuto clans in Their Majesties honour.
MANTSEBO SEEISO - PARAMOUNT CHIEFTAIN OF BASUTO TRIBES Receives O.B.E. from King during tour
NATIVES. Tribesmen gather for Royal Visit - Clans of Basuto tribes gather to greet their Majesties and many including Paramount Chieftain Mantsebo Seeiso receives awards for Loyal Service at the hands of the king
ROYAL TOURS Tribesmen gather for Royal Visit - the Basuto clans gather to greet the Royal Family while several N.C.Os and the Paramouth Chieftain receives awards for loyal service
Anthropology/Indigenous peoples; South Africa; Royalty; George VI of Great Britain
peacetime, postwar, post-war. native dress, 'Mantsebo Amelia 'Matsaba Sempe Nkuebe, Queen,
Background: From all over the southern African countryside, Basotho tribespeople travel for hundreds of miles on foot and on horseback to the capital city of Maseru to see King George VI, and the King presents Paramount Chieftain Mantsebo Amelia Matsaba with the Order of the British Empire
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Incredibly interesting,this clip is like a time machine

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Very interesting

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GODLY

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Correction: "Basotho gather to greet the King"

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Wow

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Did the Basotho people have any say regarding their sudden conversion into a crown colony?

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Yes. They asked the English for protection against encroachment by the Boers

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I need these movie please 🙏

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It is not a movie

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Who was her mother???😊

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Cowboys basically

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Basotho ke batho ba kgotso. The Basotho people are a peaceful nation. Dineo Jeanette Chaka Kutumela with Thato Mpho Jamilla Kutumela and Tebogo Mpholo Kutumela.

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I thought they greeting the king of Lesotho and not the rednecks from England