Solar Cookers and Social Classes in Southern Africa

William Noble Grundy
Techné: Journal of Technology Studies
Gray Norton, ed.
Vol. V, Winter 1995. pp. 3-7.


Introduction

Once upon a time, perched atop the Drakensberg Mountains above the Republic of South Africa, there lay a tiny country called Lesotho. Lesotho (pronounced le-SOO-too) was inhabited by Basotho (singular "Mosotho") who farmed the mountainous terrain. One day, trekking over the crags, a group of foreigners arrived in the village of Thaba Tseka, in the center of Lesotho. They carried with them 45 odd-looking boxes which they said could use the light of the sun to cook food. The boxes were a gift for the people of Thaba Tseka. ...


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