Mantsebo Amelia 'Matsaba

' Mantšebo (* 1902, † 1964; born as Amelia ' Matšaba Nkuebe ) was regent from 1941 to 1960 (English: Regent Paramount Chieftainess ) and thus head of the people of the Basotho in Basutoland, now Lesotho.

Life

' Mantšebo was the daughter of Sempe Nkoebe, who was related to the barena ba Baholo. She became the main woman of her distant cousin and claimant to the office of morena e Moholo Seeiso Griffith. She followed her husband to the Mokhotlong District, but returned to the West Basutolands, after he had beaten up several times. In December 1940, Seeiso died. The Sons of Moshoeshoe not chose the half-brother Seeisos, Bereng Griffith, to succeed, but they trusted in January 1941 ' Mantšebo the regency until the majority of the then two -year-old Constantine Bereng Seeiso to which a son of the second wife Seeisos, ' was Mabereng.

' Mantšebo turned during her reign, against the British colonial authorities, but failed to show political alternatives. The Chiefs fell out and lost influence. On the other hand, ' Mantšebo sat up for the rights of women and allowed "simple" people to express their views. Organizations such as Lekhotla la Bafo and the first political parties were allowed to Basutolands organize and hold meetings. She agreed to coordinate important decisions with the Basutoland National Council, and so prepared the power loss of the future King. 1956 tried her former adviser SS Matete, ' Mantšebo to abdicate in favor Bereng Seeisos move. Matete belonged to the royalist party Marematlou Freedom Party, while ' Mantšebo, her daughter Ntšebo and Bereng Seeisos older half- brother Leshoboro Seeiso the Basutoland National Party of Leabua Jonathan inclined towards and thus triggered the subsequent dispute between Moshoeshoe II and Jonathan. ' Mantšebo tried to postpone the inauguration Bereng Seeisos to the time after finishing his studies, and a wedding. Bereng Seeiso but was already on 12 March 1960 under the name Moshoeshoe II morena e Moholo. ' Mantšebo had to give up their office and died in 1964.