Comments on: Funerals and Food Coping in Rural Lesotho

By: Charlotte Noble

Charlotte Noble — Thu, 28 Oct 2010 23:55:12 +0000

‘M’e Tsoeunyane: I did my thesis research on urban gardens (including keyhole gardens) in Maseru and Maputsoe; if you are interested, I’d love to speak with you about this. Please feel free contact me at cnoble3@mail.usf.edu. Khotso, Charlotte Noble

By: Pontso Gloria Tsoeunyane

Pontso Gloria Tsoeunyane — Thu, 28 Oct 2010 20:46:47 +0000

wow, i like this. it is the true relevant picture of lesotho’s devastating food shortages. this makes much sense because i am conducting my Msc in Rural Sociology with the National University of Lesotho. my thesis focuses on keyhole gardens as exit strategies for food insecurity.

By: Brown Food Revolution « Neuroanthropology

Brown Food Revolution « Neuroanthropology — Thu, 08 Jul 2010 11:31:57 +0000

[...] A brown revolution resonates well with what I know of Lesotho, where development has had negative consequences (see James Ferguson’s The Anti-Politics Machine) and where a lack of local employment and farming opportunities, coupled with poor soil and arid conditions, means most Basotho men go to South Africa to work in mines. For more (including photos), see our post on food coping in Lesotho. [...]

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Community Based Work – Student Posts 2009-2010 « Neuroanthropology — Sat, 15 May 2010 11:55:04 +0000

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By: David Turkon

David Turkon — Wed, 26 Aug 2009 03:08:36 +0000

Brandon: I love your idea of directing food aid at funerals. Even before HIV and AIDS poorer Basotho attended funerals for the food, and resented the fact that their more wealthy neighbors did not attend funerals within their families. Of course, back then funerals were much less commonplace but nonetheless still a venue for poorer families to eat better than they usually do or even just eat. Interestingly, weddings were similarly well attended when an ox was slaughtered, which is common practice for the wealthy but rare among the poor. There is a long history of poorer Basotho resenting that the wealthy do not attend their funerals and weddings and enjoying good turnouts at theirs because of the food. As you have shown, AIDS may be exacerbating these class divisions and further accentuating the differences between rich and poor – another long developing sore point for many poorer Basotho.

Thanks for this fascinating post.

By: Funerals and Food Coping in Rural Lesotho « Neuroanthropology | food

Funerals and Food Coping in Rural Lesotho « Neuroanthropology | food — Wed, 26 Aug 2009 03:01:05 +0000

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By: David H

David H — Wed, 26 Aug 2009 01:57:44 +0000

Hi Brandon:

This is very interesting research. I’ve been doing some research on food insecurity and HIV/AIDS in Lesotho and your findings make a lot of sense.

By: Craig H

Craig H — Tue, 25 Aug 2009 01:48:09 +0000

Wonderful post!

By: smallin

smallin — Tue, 25 Aug 2009 01:09:21 +0000

Great post, Brandon.