Basotho blankets, the colorful and symbolic textiles from Southern Africa, are now being creatively reimagined in modern ...

Many travelers to southern Africa don't expect to encounter cold weather. But a trip here in July—winter in the southern hemisphere—prompts many visitors to head to Ntemi Piliso Street in downtown ...

It's long been one of the most common garments in the traditional Basotho wardrobe, but some of the biggest names in international fashion have taken the blanket as inspiration for their more Western ...

"Ntate nthekele seana marena". These are words taken from a famous Sotho folk song often sung at weddings. Meaning ''father, please buy me a blanket". The song is not about longing for any old blanket ...

Bonono merchants are reclaiming ownership of cultural items like the traditional Basotho blanket. The bed covering turned into a fashion item when King Moshoeshoe received one as a gift from the first ...

In 1860, the father of Lesotho, King Moshoeshoe, was presented with a wool blanket as a gift. He was so taken with it that he chose to wear it as an alternative to his traditional leopard-skin "kaross ...

Blankets from Lesotho are at the centre of controversy in the fashion world, with some arguing that powerful people are appropriating them for their own benefit. BBC Africa's Mayeni Jones reports from ...

A scene from Marvel Studios' Black Panther, from left Erik Killmonger with W'Kabi and his tribesmen who wear the basotho blankets. Photo: Marvel Studios What came to the Lesotho King as a gift from ...

A large collection of Basotho blankets can be viewed at the Annex Gallery, Oliewenhuis Art Museum in Bloemfontein. The Basotho Blankets Exhibition will close on 23 June. The anthropology collection of ...