Lesotho+by+Evelin

H ave You Eaten Your Boiled Papa Yet?   In Lesotho corn meal is a common staple food along with maize, potatoes, and rice. Corn meal is corn dried then crushed into a powder. Corn meal when boiled can be made into a dish called Papa. Corn meal can also be made into corn meal pancakes. Lesotho has a lot of hungry people and corn meal has helped them for thousands of years. Maize, potatoes, and rice helped Lesotho people to. Corn meal is easy to grow in Lesotho because it is corn. The staple food corn is very good for Lesotho people and other people too because it is full of starches and that helps your body. You may see this staple food is almost always on the Lesotho menu besides corn meal.

(:MAP & FLAG OF LESOTHO:)

(:FUN FACTS ABOUT LESOTHO:)

(1.) Lesotho is the only country that is surrounded by ONE other country and that country is South Africa. (2.) Lesotho was founded by Chief Moshoeshoe in 1824 but then in 1870 the country went under British domination.  (3.) Lesotho was first known as Basutoland. It gained its preasant in 1966 after achieving its indenpendence. (4.) Names that Lesotho is known for are : 'Roof Of Africa', 'Mountian Kingdom', and Kingdom Of The Sky'. (5.) In Lesotho you can find dinosaur foot prints and some of the foot prints were made by the Lesothosaurus. (6.) The name Lesothosaurus got it's name from Lesotho.

THE GOVERNMENT OF LESOTHO  The government is a monarchie. Right now in 2009 Lesotho is runed by King Letsie and he has a little baby girl. The king has not thought of a name for his little girl. YET. The monarchy of Lesotho is is one of the last three surviving monarchy in Africa.