People from Lesotho are referred to as Basotho. Some of the cultural items associated with the Basotho people are their blankets and the Basotho traditional conical hats, known as the mokorotlo.

In fact, more people speak it in South Africa – 4.6 million – than in Lesotho. The mokorotlo, a traditional Basotho hat, is worn here by Lesotho’s former King Moshoeshoe II. Lesotho’s ...