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The mountain men behind Lesotho’s wool wealth

More than 80,000 herders tend the country’s sheep and goats

Khotso Tšoeu spends his days guiding hundreds of sheep into the valley in Lesotho’s mountains. He is among thousands of herders who tend livestock that produce some of the world’s finest mohair and wool. Photos: Barry Christianson
At dawn in the highlands of Mokhotlong, the sheep begin to move before the sun fully reaches the mountain slopes. Wrapped in a thick Basotho blanket against the cold, Khotso Tšoeu whistles from a rocky ridge above Lekhalong-la-Lithunya, guiding hundreds of sheep slowly into the valley below.
For months at a time, this remote stone hut in Lesotho’s mountains is his home.
Tšoeu is responsible for 500 sheep and 50 goats belonging to his employer. The goats have already been driven to Matsoku…

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