Hook, Haneeu!

Small horse-drawn or donkey-drawn carts are a common sight in rural South Africa, especially in the eastern Cape and Karoo hinterland, but they are less common in Lesotho where Mohapeloa lived. Horses, however, are found all over Lesotho, and boys learn to ride them from a young age. Mohapeloa was a great rider and tamed wild horses when he was growing up in Molumong in the eastern highlands of Lesotho, as his brother recalls: “The horses from there were fat and wild. They had to be trapped and ridden without a saddle and a person had to be able to somersault when he sees that things are bad”. His experience obviously informed the lively run-away feel of ‘Hook, Haneeu!’