Elizabeth A. Eldredge is the author of A South African Kingdom: The Pursuit of Security in Nineteenth-Century Lesotho and other works on southern Africa.
"An empirically rich social and cultural study of the colonial
order that will be a great help to scholars of Lesotho."--Clifton
Crais, Anthropos
"Eldredge's work provides important detail and critical analysis of
some defining moments in Lesotho's history, and successfully uses
Lesotho to illustrate how Africans used hidden messages in public
discourse to challenge colonial rule."--Scott Rosenberg, Journal of
African Historical Studies
"This study of colonial Lesotho is an effort to hear 'those whose
voices have been submerged and suppressed in the historical record,
' to give weight to 'hidden transcripts such as those appearing in
oral traditions and oral histories.' It is a reconsideration of the
views of Lesotho history from earlier scholars, and in the process
to provide insights into the impact of colonialism on countries
such as Lesotho. It is a thoughtful attempt to dislodge some of the
theories and conclusions of conventional western scholars. Eldredge
raises new questions about accepted theory. This is a successful
and worthy history."--Harold Scheub, University of
Wisconsin-Madison, editor of African Tales
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