‘Basuto’: a lost chapter in Malta’s war

Much has been written on the last war in Malta. However, very little, if anything, is known about the Basotho people’s contribution. Their impression on the Maltese population lives on in the colloquial term ‘Bażutu’, which is also derogatory for an ugly or disfigured person. Their only legacy is a supposed eccentricity in bodily ornamentation...