MILITARY LABOUR MOBILISATION IN COLONIAL LESOTHO DURING WORLD WAR II, 1940-1943
In 1940, Great Britain’s wartime exploitation of the human and material<br />resources of its colonial empire was extended to colonial Lesotho (then known as<br />Basutoland). The aim of this article, therefore, is to trace the four-year military<br />labour mobilisation process in...
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| description | In 1940, Great Britain’s wartime exploitation of the human and material<br />resources of its colonial empire was extended to colonial Lesotho (then known as<br />Basutoland). The aim of this article, therefore, is to trace the four-year military<br />labour mobilisation process in that colony, with special attention to the timing,<br />number and procedures of the recruitment campaigns that were launched, the<br />reasons for Basotho men’s willingness or resistance to enlist, and the overall<br />implications for Lesotho of large-scale absenteeism of able-bodied men as migrant<br />and military labour. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-f329c5e0e7c34f048c969fdc1a0fea9e2022-12-21T23:42:26ZafrStellenbosch UniversityScientia Militaria2224-00202011-08-0136210.5787/36-2-51MILITARY LABOUR MOBILISATION IN COLONIAL LESOTHO DURING WORLD WAR II, 1940-1943Nombulelo NtabeniIn 1940, Great Britain’s wartime exploitation of the human and material<br />resources of its colonial empire was extended to colonial Lesotho (then known as<br />Basutoland). The aim of this article, therefore, is to trace the four-year military<br />labour mobilisation process in that colony, with special attention to the timing,<br />number and procedures of the recruitment campaigns that were launched, the<br />reasons for Basotho men’s willingness or resistance to enlist, and the overall<br />implications for Lesotho of large-scale absenteeism of able-bodied men as migrant<br />and military labour.http://scientiamilitaria.journals.ac.za/pub/article/view/51 |
| spellingShingle | Nombulelo Ntabeni MILITARY LABOUR MOBILISATION IN COLONIAL LESOTHO DURING WORLD WAR II, 1940-1943 Scientia Militaria |
| title | MILITARY LABOUR MOBILISATION IN COLONIAL LESOTHO DURING WORLD WAR II, 1940-1943 |
| title_full | MILITARY LABOUR MOBILISATION IN COLONIAL LESOTHO DURING WORLD WAR II, 1940-1943 |
| title_fullStr | MILITARY LABOUR MOBILISATION IN COLONIAL LESOTHO DURING WORLD WAR II, 1940-1943 |
| title_full_unstemmed | MILITARY LABOUR MOBILISATION IN COLONIAL LESOTHO DURING WORLD WAR II, 1940-1943 |
| title_short | MILITARY LABOUR MOBILISATION IN COLONIAL LESOTHO DURING WORLD WAR II, 1940-1943 |
| title_sort | military labour mobilisation in colonial lesotho during world war ii 1940 1943 |
| url | http://scientiamilitaria.journals.ac.za/pub/article/view/51 |
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