Encountering an enigma: The shepherd musician fusing electronic Sotho sound

Morena Leraba steps on stage, a Basotho hat on his head, blanket draped around his shoulders, and raises the heavy wooden stick in his right hand. What may seem like an elaborate costume is actually the musician at his most authentic. Leraba is a sheep and goat herder from Mafeteng in Lesotho. Standing in front of a crowd of screaming fans, nothing about him seems to make sense. Yet when he begins to sing, everything does.