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Morija

1833 · 19th century

Morija is a village in Maseru district, Lesotho, founded in 1833 as the first station of the Paris Evangelical Missionary Society, whose missionaries Moshoeshoe I invited into his kingdom. It became a centre of Christian education and printing in Sesotho, and is home to the Morija Museum and Archives.

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The Epoch Institute. (2026). Morija. In The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/morija
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