Lesotho: Virtual Exhibition Breathes Life Into Lesotho's Musical Tradition and Clay Art

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Lesotho: Virtual Exhibition Breathes Life Into Lesotho's Musical Tradition and Clay Art

[The Conversation Africa] The start of the news broadcast on Radio Lesotho is signalled by an unforgettable vibrating sound, rather harsh, as if made by a large bird. This is the lesiba, a musical bow. The lesiba was played by boys and men as they herded cattle, before radios and cellphones began to take the place of the national musical instrument.

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