Lesotho

National flag of Lesotho, for article on same-sex decriminalization Lesotho

Lesotho decriminalizes same-sex relations in milestone for LGBTQ rights in Africa

By / / Archive of Human Genius

Lesotho decriminalized male same-sex activity in 2012, lifting a colonial-era common law offense that had long shadowed gay and bisexual men in the small southern African kingdom. A year later, Maseru held its first pride march, with police escorting hundreds through the streets. The reform echoed Basotho traditions of same-sex partnership that predated colonial rule.

BushmenSan, for article on San people southern Africa

San people emerge as one of Earth’s oldest surviving cultures in southern Africa

By / / Archive of Human Genius

San peoples had spread across southern Africa by around 10,000 B.C.E., reaching Cape Agulhas at the continent’s southern tip long before herder or farming cultures arrived. Their descendants still live across Botswana, Namibia, and neighboring countries today, carrying click-based languages and rock art traditions that trace one of the deepest-rooted branches of the human family tree.