Lesotho Sovereignty

Lesotho Sovereignty. Political Governance and the People. Economy and Environmental layout. The early political movements emerged outside the traditional state culture. Christian-led early political movements that called for the democratization of the British colonial state existed side by side with traditionalist oriented movements that completely rejected the presence of the British colonial government in their territory but there were outside the traditional state structure. The Basutoland Progressive Association (BPA) was founded in 1907 by commoners trained in the PEMS. BPA's 'ranks were filled primarily by teachers, evangelists, writers, traders, clerical workers in the colonial civil service and other laymen sharing portions of a common educational experience whatever their degree of doctrinal commitment to the PEM