Dreams for Lesotho: Independence, Foreign Assistance, and Development

by John Aerni-Flessner

In Dreams for Lesotho: Independence, Foreign Assistance, and Development, John Aerni-Flessner studies the post-independence emergence of Lesotho as an example of the uneven ways in which people experienced development at the end of colonialism in Africa. The book posits that development became the language through which Basotho (the people of Lesotho) conceived of the dream of independence, both before and after the 1966 transfer of power.

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• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0268103615
• ISBN13: 9780268103613
• Release Date: May 2018
• Publisher: University of Notre Dame Press
• Length: 306 Pages
• Weight: 1.27 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 9.0"