Lesotho Newspapers, primarily from Yale and Northwestern

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Description & Rationale

In this project, Yale University Library and Northwestern University Library propose to arrange for the microfilming through CAMP of an estimated 13,838 pages of Lesotho newspaper titles from 1990 to 2018. The titles include The African, Family Mirror, Her Heroes 'n Heroines, Informative, Lesotho Monitor, Maddhouse Weekly, Mohlanka, Moitseki, Moqolotsi, Motjoli's Review, Nonyana, Sechaba, Shoeshoe, Spectator, Sunday Express, Varsity Breeze, Voice of Free Democrats, Watchdog, and Weekly Mail.

Reasons for consideration:

One of the least diverse sub-Saharan African countries, the landlocked mountain kingdom of Lesotho is often overshadowed by South Africa, which surrounds it completely. About the size of Rwanda, but with one-sixth of the population density, it is a constitutional monarchy with an active multiparty system. During the period covered by the newspapers held by Yale and Northwestern, Lesotho was ruled by a junta, underwent a coup, saw a monarchic abdication, and witnessed other forms of political intrigue, partly under the auspices of SADC, with the participation of defense forces from both Botswana and South Africa.

One of the included newspapers, Mohlanka, includes the perspective of a major political party of Lesotho. The content of the selected newspapers is all in either English or Sesotho. One paper, Heroes 'n Heroines, covers Obama's 2009 visit to Africa from a Lesothoan perspective. The period of coverage of all newspapers is from 1990 to 2018, which saw the rise of the internet and a shift to electronic publications.

Author(s):

n/a

Publisher(s):

include: C.R. Communications, Leseli Mokhele, Up Beat Marketing, the Media Institute of Lesotho, the Basotho National Party, and the Lesotho Leadership and Economy Foundation.

Source Format:

Paper

Target Format:

Microfilm

Program:

CAMP

Resource Types:

Newspapers

Regions:

Sub-Saharan Africa

Countries of Origin:

Lesotho

Proposal Contributors:

Richard Richie and Charles Riley, Yale University
Esmeralda Kale and Florence Mugambi, Northwestern University

Posted:

Nov 6, 2018 11:26am

Updated:

Dec 3, 2018 12:25pm

Source Details

Major Languages:

English

Sesotho

Holding Institutions:

Yale University

Northwestern University

OCLC:

30826853

62722127

503171565

38196377

922894807

672326573

607522667

30709569

769228692

70788812

49363550

30605138

25039809

71200653

701879864

744315825

286765288

232993445

671409937

LCCN:

940033470

2015271035

2010218135

Source and Holdings:


Title	Location	Format	Holdings/Range	Notes
The African	Yale University	newsprint	vol.1:no.1 (1990:Aug. 31)-vol.1:no.8 (1990:Nov. 09)	worn, edges ragged
Family Mirror	Yale University	newsprint	2007: issue 2 (2007:July 24)-issue 22 (2007:Dec. 04), issue 24 (2007:Dec.18), 2008: issue 1 (2008:Mar. 03), (2008:Mar. 17), (2008:Apr. 11)	Good condition
Family Mirror	Northwestern University	newsprint	Holdings from 2007 and 2008.	Good condition
Her Heroes 'n Heroines	Yale University	newsprint	2009: issue 4 (2009:May 16)-issue 7 (2009:June 22)	Good condition
Informative	Yale University	newsprint	2006: (2006:July)-(2006:Oct.) 2007: (2007:Apr.)-(2007:May), (2007:June 15)-(2007:Dec. 18); 2008: (2008:Jan. 15)-(2008:Dec. 30); 2009: (2009:Jan. 06)-(2009:Dec. 22)	Good condition
Informative	Northwestern University	newspint	2006-2009; 2010:Jan.5/11-2012:Dec.24/31; 2013:Jan.8/14-2016:Dec.27/2017:Jan.2; 2017:Jan.3/9-2018:May 22/28	Good condition
Leseli ka Sepolesa	Yale University	newsprint	1992: vol.1:no.1 (1992:Sept. 08)-vol.1:no.4 (1992:Dec. 30); 1993: vol.1:no.5 (1993:Jan. 29)-vol.1:no.7 (1993:Mar. 31), vol.2:no.2 (1993:May 04), vol.1:no.10 (1993:June 01)-vol.1:no.17 (1993:Sept. 14), vol.2:no.18 (1993:Sept. 28)-vol.2:no.21 (1993:Nov. 16), vol.2:no.23 (1993:Dec. 14)-vol.2:no.24 (1993:Dec. 30), 1994: vol.2:no.28 (1994:Feb. 15), 1998: vol.6:no.124 (1998:April 21)-vol.6:no.126 (1998:June 09)	Good condition
Leseli ka Sepolesa	Northwestern University	newsprint	1992:Sept.-1996:Dec.; 1997-2012, 2016, v.19:no.433 (2017:Pulungoana 24/Tšitoe 7)-v.19:no.435 (2017:Hlakola 16/Tlhakubele 1),v.19:no.437 (2017:Tlhakubele 16/29)-v.19:no.439 (2017:'Mesa 13/26),v.19:no.441 (2017:Motšeanong 4/17)-v.19:no.443 (2017:Phuptjane 15/21); v.19:no.444 (2017:Phuptjane 29/Phupu 12)-v.19:no.449 (2017:Loetse 28/Mphalane 11) v.20:no.450 (2017:Mphalane 12/25),v.20:no.2 (2017:Pulungoane 2/15)-v.20:no.14 (2018:Motseanong 17/30)	Good condition
Lesotho Monitor	Yale University	newsprint	2007: vol.1:no.1 (2007:Nov.13)-vol.1:no.5 (2007:Dec.19); 2008: vol.1:no.6 (2008:Jan.09)-vol.1:no.49 (2008:Nov.06); vol.2:no.1 (2008:Nov.13)-vol.2:no.6 (2008:Dec.08); 2009: vol.2:no.7 (2009:Jan.08)-vol.2.no.(2009:Jan.15)	Good condition
Lesotho Monitor	Northwestern University	newsprint	2002-2003 (with gaps), 2007-2011 (with gaps)	Good condition
Maddhouse Weekly	Yale University	newsprint	2009: vol.13:issue 283 (2009:May 07)-vol.13:issue 287 (2009:June 11), vol.13:issue 289 (2009:June 25)-vol.13:issue 314 (2009:Dec. 17)	Good condition
Maddhouse Weekly	Northwestern University	newsprint	2007-2010	Good condition
Mohlanka	Yale University	newsprint	1992: vol.1:no.1(1992:Dec. 30); 1993: vol.1:no.2(1993:Jan. 13)-vol.1:no.15(1993:May 08)	Yellowed
Mohlanka	Northwestern University	newsprint	1992:December-2002	Yellowed
Moitseki	Yale University	newsprint	1993: vol.1:no.1 (1993:July 02)-vol.1:no.6/7 (1993: Sept. 04)	Yellowed
Moitseki	Northwestern University	newsprint	1993: Sept. 11	Yellowed
Moqolotsi	Yale University	newsprint	1997: no.1 (1997:Dec.); 1998: no.2 (1998:Jan.)-no.3 (1998:Feb.)	Good condition
Moqolotsi	Northwestern University	newsprint	2004-2009 with gaps	Good condition
Motjoli's Review	Yale University	newsprint	2005: vol.1:no.1(2005:First Quarter)-vol.1:no.4(2005:Fourth Quarter); 2006: vol.2:no.1(2006:First Quarter)-vol.2:no.4(2006:Fourth Quarter)	Good condition
Nonyana	Yale University	newsprint	2001: vol.1:no.2 (2001:Oct. 17)-vol.1:no.11 (2001:Dec. 19); 2002: vol.2:no.1/2 (2002:Jan. 09)-vol.2:no.51/52 (2002: Dec. 18); 2003: vol.3:no.1 (2003:Jan. 08)-vol.3:no.16 (2003:Apr. 16)	Good condition, edges a little worn
Sechaba	Yale University	newsprint	1992: vol.1:no.1 (1992:Oct. 08)-vol.1:no.10 (1992:Dec. 21); 1993: vol.1:no.11 (1993:Feb. 05)-vol.1:no.23 (1993:Aug. 30)	Yellowed
Sechaba	Stanford University	newsprint	Various English and Sotho issues from 1992.	Good.
Shoeshoe	Yale University	newsprint	1993: (1993:June 24)-(1993:Dec. 03)	Yellowed
Shoeshoe	Harvard University	newsprint	v.1:issue 1(1991:summer)-v.1:issue 2(1991:autumn), v.1:issue 4(1991:late spring); v.2:issue 1(1992:spring), v.2:issue 5(1992:summer)-v.2:issue 6/7(1992:spring), v.3:1(1994:Tŝitoe) v.3:1 in Sesotho, v.3:issue 2(1996:Feb.), v.3:3(1996:Phupu) v.3:3 in Sesotho	Good
Spectator	Yale University	newsprint	2005: vol.1:no.1 (2005:Sept. 07)-vol.1:no.7(2005:Nov. 02)	Good condition
Sunday Express	Yale University	newsprint	2009: vol.1:issue 1 (2009:Aug. 16)-vol.1:issue 19 (2009:Dec. 20); 2010: vol.1:issue 20 (2010:Jan. 10)-vol.1:issue 31 (2010:Feb. 28); vol.2:issue 1 (2010:Apr. 04)-vol.2:issue 38 (2010:Dec. 19); 2011: vol.2:issue 39 (2011:Jan. 09)-vol.2:issue 50 (2011:Mar. 27); vol.3:issue 1 (2011:Apr. 03)-vol.3:issue 25 (2011:Sept. 18), 2012: vol.3:issue 41 (2012:Jan. 22)-vol.3:issue 50 (2012:Mar. 25); vol.4:issue 1 (2012:Apr. 01)-vol.4:issue 38 (2012:Dec. 16), 2013: vol.4:issue 40 (2013:Jan. 20)-vol.4:issue 49 (2013:Mar. 24); vol.5:issue 1 (2013:Apr. 07)-vol.5:issue 38 (2013:Dec. 22); 2014: vol.5:issue 39 (2014:Jan. 12)-vol.5:issue 50 (2014:Mar. 30); vol.6:issue 1 (2014:Apr. 06)-vol.6:issue 10 (2014:June 06)	Good condition
Sunday Express	Northwestern University	newsprint	1980-1981, 1983-1985, 2009-2015, [vol.6:issue 11?]- vol.8:issue 50 (2017:Apr.2/8), v.9:issue 2 (2017:Apr.9/22)-v.9:issue 7 (2017:May 21/27) (Issue 2 is the first issue of the volume.) v.9:issue 8 (2017:May 28/June 3)-v.10:issue 8 (2018:May 20/26)	Yellowed
Varsity Breeze	Yale University	newsprint	2008: issue 1(2008:Sept. 23)-issue 6(2008:Dec. 02), 2009: issue 18(2009:June 23)-issue 27(2009:Nov. 24)	Good condition
Varsity Breeze	Northwestern University	newsprint	Possible gaps from 2008 and 2009.	Good condition
Voice of Free Democrats	Yale University	newsprint	2007: vol.1:no.1 (2007:Dec. 05), 2008: vol.1:no.10 (2008:Mar. 19), vol.1:no.13 (2008:Apr. 16)-vol.1:no.50 (2008:Dec. 31), 2009: vol.2:no.1 (2009:Jan. 07)-vol.2:no.44 (2009:Nov.10)	Good condition
Voice of Free Democrats	Northwestern University	newsprint	2007-2009	Good condition
Watchdog	Yale University	newsprint	2006: vol.1:no.1 (2006:July 20)-vol.1:no.5 (2006:Sept. 01), vol.1:no.7 (2006:Oct.31)-vol.1:no.9 (2006:Dec. 12); 2007: vol.1:no.10 (2007:Feb. 15)-vol.1:no.26 (2007:June 29), 2008: vol.2:no.27 (2008:Feb. 20)-vol.2:no.37 (2008:July 21)	Good condition
Weekly Mail	Yale University	newsprint	2007: vol.1:no.1 (2007:Aug. 07)-vol.1:no.8 (2007:Dec.11), 2008: vol.2:no.1 (2008:Jan. 29)-vol.2:no.4 (2008:Mar.18), vol.2:no.6 (2008:Apr. 19), vol.2:no.8 (2008:June 05)-vol.2:no.11 (2008:July 25), vol.2:no.13 (2008:Aug. 11)-vol.2:no.27 (2008:Dec. 29); 2009: vol.2:no.28 (2009:Jan. 08)-vol.2:no.50 (2009:July 08), vol.3.no.1 (2009:Aug.12), vol.3:no.3 (2009:Aug. 26)-v.3:no.18 (2009:Dec. 22)	Good condition

Source and Holdings Notes:

Potential additional contributions from Stanford, Harvard, and possibly Columbia have not been figured in to the above section.

Existing Reformatted Materials:

None of the included titles have been microfilmed previously.

Intellectual Property Considerations:

Reformatting for preservation purposes.

Activity

Status	Current	Description
Flagged	no	The proposal is flagged for further research.
Vetted	no	The proposal has been examined and vetted.
Ballotted	no	The proposal is currently on a committee ballot.
Approved	yes	The proposal has been selected for reformatting. Reformatting efforts are pending.
Reformatted	no	The proposal has been reformatted and access information is now posted.
Inactive / Declined	no	No longer under consideration for reformatting.