Ho nka monokotsoai o nkiloeng ho tloha makhasi le litholoana tse senyehileng kapa tse sa butsoang, ho kenya ka sieve kapa colander, le ho hlatsoa tlas'a metsi a phallang. Lumella metsi ho tsoa ka ho feletseng. 13. Ke ka ntlha yang fa Bakeresete ba lekgolo la ntlha la dingwaga ba ne ba sa tlhaloganye dilo dingwe? Naya sekai. Fa batho ba le bantsi ba diragalelwa ke dilo tse di setlhogo, ba fitlhela go le thata go dumela mo Modimong kgotsa ba ikgomotsa ka go re Modimo ga a yo. Mabaka a konokono a a dirang gore bangwe ba se ka ba dumela ke afe? A batho ba ka bo ba tshela botoka jaaka batho ba akanya fa Modimo kgotsa bodumedi bo ne bo seyo? A go a kgonega gore motho yo o sa dumeleng mo Modimong a dumele mo Mmoping yo o lorato? 12 INTRODUCTION The task was a joint venture of one member of the Department of African Languages and Literature who was the principal researcher and the Sesotho Academy. It aimed at collecting the praise poetry of His Majesty King Letsie III who is also the Chancellor of the National University of Lesotho. The research sought to unearth the praise poetry talent in the ten districts of Lesotho. The principal researcher worked closely with two members of the Sesotho Academy, a technical expert who was also assistant researcher and one assistant researcher. The collection was made in ten ditricts of Lesotho. After the collection, some praises were transcribed and those hand-written were typed and all of them were subjected to preliminary editing and proper arranngement. The collection will be proposed for publishing in a book form and handed over to His Majesty, the King Letsie III. If the book is published, it is entirely at the discretion of His Majesty to determine the recipients of the royalties. That is, the finished product will be owned by the office of His Majesty, the King, as this work is basically a gift from a member of the Department of African Languages & Literature and the Sesotho Academy. BACKGROUND The Department of African Languages & Literature and Sesotho Academy have much in common; for instance, the two of them basically safe-guard against Sesotho and promote Sesotho; its traditions, culture, language and practices. The Department of African Languages and Literature of The National University of Lesotho, as stipulated in the 1976 projection, has to be a reservoir of Basotho cultural knowledge, modern literature and language aspects. In line with its current mission statement of generating broad knowledge that enables students to critically address global cultural, linguistic and literary challenges while maintaining African cultural values and positive contributions to the society, the principal researcher felt duty-bound to partner with the Sesotho Academy to embark on this type of research. The vision of the Department is to promote relevant research, publishing indigenous knowledge systems for the benefit of the local and international community. As part of the promotion of the vision and mission, the member of the Department deemed it fit to connect with the outside world in enhancing research while at the same time preserving unattended literature that might get lost. It is on the basis of these that a member of the Department of African Languages & Literature planned to collaborate with the Sesotho Academy in compiling oral praise poetry (lithoko) for His Majesty, King Letsie III. The Sesotho Academy which was established in 1972 by Sesotho academics as a nonprofit making body, strives to preserve Basotho cultural activities such as oral literature and its language. According to its constitution, the trustees of the Sesotho academy are His Majesty and the Queen of the Kingdom of Lesotho. Since its set up, the association has been prolific in conserving and preserving Sesotho (spoken, signed, written, read and cultural). Remarkable among the efforts of the members of the association is a publication of two Sesotho grammar books (Sebopeho Puo 1 and 2) which have lost the market due to recent developments. Membership is open to all Basotho, hence, the name