Slow-journeying in the mountainous kingdom of Lesotho


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The Malibamatso basin in Lejone, northern Lesotho. The kingdom is the largest of only three enclaved states in the world. — AFP

In the remote countryside of Lesotho, a kingdom in southern Africa, time stretches wide between long treks on horse or donkey back and hours of herding cattle along mountain ranges.

Mounted on his donkey, Matekoa Libe rides along the steep, rocky paths. His long legs slapping against his donkey’s flanks as it lopes forwards.

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