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Rea kubasela is a term used by presenters of Catholic Radio in Lesotho for the
programme on Basotho accordion music.
Seoeleleoelele/oeleoelele is another term for famo music used by some scholars like
Coplan. In most cases, the seoeleoelele/oeleoelele is heard in songs where female
participate in the music. The lead-singers, especially female ones, usually repeat the
word seoeleoelele throughout the songs.
Sepoto is a drinking place for certain people who prefer privacy while drinking beer.
Such a place is normally frequented by the friends or people with close social relations.
Stokvel is normally a group of people who have organized themselves to hold monthly or
weekly functions where they contribute a certain amount to one of their members. They
either drink together as members or invite other people to boost their business. In such
gatherings, they buy and drink beer, and to attract more customers, they may invite the
famo musicians.
It is worth noting that, for the purpose of this study, names of bands or groups are used as
sources, except where individual artists have used their names instead of the group name.
This is done in order to avoid confusion that may arise when it comes to the writing of
the references. Again, for convenience, the names of groups have been bolded while
personal names which are sometimes are names of groups, have not been bolded. Titles
of songs and Sesotho lines have been italicized.
1.6 SCOPE OF THE STUDY
The study covers the period from 1980 until 2005 when Basotho accordion music became
famous and popular among the populace. The study involves the accordion music artists,
radio stations presenters, business people who sell accordion music and the general
public who have interest in this music. These are stake-holders in this music who
contribute to its production and sustainability. For instance, artists produce the music,
radio presenters promote it while the public are the consumers.
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