A motion to claim vast swaths of territory from its much larger neighbor, South Africa, has been debated in Lesotho's parliament.
A member of the opposition party wants to make parts of Free State and four other provinces "Lesotho's territory."
The Basotho people of Lesotho lived in these areas until they were taken over by Afrikaners, white South Africans, in the 19th century.
There are still a lot of Basotho in South Africa, particularly in Free State.
One of South Africa's eleven official languages, Sesotho is spoken by approximately four million people in the country and two million in Lesotho.
In Sesotho, the MP who proposed the motion told Lesotho's parliament, "It's time for what is ours to be returned to us."
"The things that were taken from our people and the deaths that occurred as a result are documented in history. That needs to be fixed, he said.
The debate will continue on Thursday because Parliament has been adjourned.
In Mr Lipholo's vision, Lesotho would develop from 30,000 sq km (11,600 sq miles) to around 240,000 sq km (93,000 sq miles).
He expressed that while this was an issue going back numerous many years, he accepted it was vital to address in the current day on the grounds that the land would assist with carrying thriving to individuals of Lesotho.
He is the leader of the Basotho Convention Movement, which ran a campaign on the topic during the election last year and won one seat. He currently holds that seat.
Lesotho is a landlocked kingdom with a lot of mountains and little land for agriculture.
The previous English protectorate is intensely reliant upon the country which totally encompasses it - South Africa.
Over the past few decades, thousands of workers have been forced to work in South African mines due to a lack of opportunities at home.
The government of Lesotho has not yet commented on the matter, but it is unlikely that it would support it, given its much larger neighbor.
Mr. Lipholo's motion is based on a 1962 United Nations resolution that acknowledged the Basutoland, or Lesotho, people's right to self-determination and independence.
Officials in South Africa believe that because the majority of Lesotho does not support the motion to reclaim territories that some Basotho consider to be their own, it is unlikely to succeed.
The 1964 Cairo Declaration of the Organization of African Unity, which is now known as the African Union, is one of the main roadblocks. In it, African leaders agreed to recognize the borders of their newly independent countries, even if they were drawn up by colonial powers, to prevent conflict from spreading across the continent.