Lesotho Imperialism

Imperialism has brought Christianity into Africa, changing lives of many local people along with their traditions and their cultures. Not only the long-established customs have been transformed, but also the way people think and see about themselves and their environment. These changes have also made positive and negative impacts on the African continent and have shaped the way it is present today. Lesotho, being a part of the African continent went through the Imperialism and stood today diverging from the way it was 500 years ago. Out of all the factors that made the changes possible, religion is one of the dominant features that had made these modifications in Lesotho for the better of the country. Christianity has influenced and transformed traditional culture of Lesotho including music, language and education.
Lesotho is a landlocked country located in South Africa with having 90% of their total population as Christians. It was in
Thus, English has been considered as the official language in Lesotho with 90% of the population using English language in their daily conversations. It has also been made a compulsory subject starting from the primary schools until the postgraduate years. Moreover, people in Lesotho use it for political, economic, religious and social purposes rather than their traditional language of Sesotho. English language has initially diffused into Lesotho society in the early 19th century when King Moshoeshoe first invited the missionaries into the country. Since then, they introduced the local people with the concept of day school education and taught people to read bibles, spreading the use of English language throughout the country. Hence, people in Lesotho continue to support the use of English language, as it is known to increase the literacy rate of the population both in the rural and urban