Staff Profiles

BSc, MSc, PGDE (UB), PhD (Essex)

Masters in Library and Information Studies (MLIS)

Bachelor of Arts  in Humanities(BA)- Environmental Science and History

Postgraduate in Education (PGDE)

Dineo Ketshogileng is the Senior Librarian at the University of Botswana. She has a BA Humanities and Master’s in Library and Information Studies. She oversees the coordination of information services to support the Faculty of Medicine with a team of librarians. She  has worked as an academic librarian for over twenty years; eleven of which is in health librarianship. Professional interests includes Health information with interest in access for developing countries, Mobile technology and its use in health care, Evidence-based health care, Information literacy and Health Informatics. 

She teaches information literacy and offer workshops and webinars in effective searching, referencing softwares, plagiarism for students and lecturers. She has presented in international conferences and co-published papers in health informatics and medical librarianship.

Information Literacy

Health Informatics

Information Literacy

Health Librarianship

Health Informatics

Academic Librarianship

1. Goldbach H, Chang AY,  Ketshogileng D, Taylor L, Chandra A, et al. Evaluation of generic medical information accessed via mobile phones at the point of care in resource-limited settings. Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association. 2014;21(1):37-42.

2.  Kadimo K, Kebaetse MB, Ketshogileng D, Seru LE, Sebina KB, Kovarik C, et al. Bring-your-own-device in medical schools and healthcare facilities: A review of the literature. International journal of medical informatics. 2018;119:94-102.

3. Park E, Masupe T, Joseph J, , Chavez A, , et al. Information needs of Botswana health care workers and perceptions of wikipedia. International Journal of Medical Informatics. 2016;95:8-16.

4. Witt RE, Kebaetse MB, Holmes JH, Ryan L-Q, Ketshogileng D, Antwi C, et al. The role of tablets in accessing information throughout undergraduate medical education in Botswana. International journal of medical informatics. 2016;88:71-7.

PhD Educational Sciences Didactics of French as a Foreign Language Aix-Marseille Université

Mphil & MA Linguistics Didactics of French as a foreign language Université de Rouen

BA French as a foreign Language Université de la Reunion

BA French & English University of Botswana

Dr Phemelo Kewagamang is a lecturer of French as a Foreign Language at the University of Botswana since 2012. Her research focuses on teacher action and verbal interactions in foreign language classrooms as well as the methodology of teaching and learning foreign languages in multilingual contexts. Dr Kewagamang is a member of both the standing committee and national panel responsible for the conception and review of the French syllabus for public secondary schools in Botswana. She has also been instrumental in the training of French as a foreign language teachers in Botswana. 

Proficiency In French as a Foreign Language

French for Specific Purposes (Business, tourism, international relations)

Didactics of French as a Foreign Language

French as a foreign language teaching

French as a foreign language teacher training

Multilingualism and Foreign Language teaching

Didactics of French as a Foreign Language

Kewagamang. P, & Kaome, B., (2020) Teaching French as a Foreign Language in Botswana Junior Secondary Schools: Progress, Challenges and Prospects. Lonaka JTL Vol 11 No1: 1-12

Chebanne A, & Kewagamang, P., (2020) A model for introducing marginalized indigenous languages in the Botswana Education System. Mosenodi Vol 23 No 1: 4-23

Kewagamang. P. ( 2018). Multilingual practices of French as a Foreign Language teachers in Botswana. Formen der Mehrsprachigkeit. p 181-196

Master of Arts (English)

Post Graduate Diploma in Education

Bachelor of Arts

Kebuang Nono Kgafela- Mokoka  was born on 20 April, 1965 at Mathubudukwane, Kgatleng District, Botswana. She is married with 2 daughters and a granddaughter. She is  a Senior Lecturer in the Department of English, University of Botswana. Her teaching spans over 29 years. She has published a number of chapters, journal articles and presented conference and seminar papers on English literature (English Romantic Poetry and Shakespeare), Commonwealth literature and Botswana literature. Her research areas are gender, culture, religion and language. She has served in different departmental sub-committees and as faculty representative in University committees. 

1. English Romantic Poetry

2. Shakespeare

3 English literature (17th- 19th century)

4. Victorian poetry and prose

5. Commonwealth literature

7. Communication and Study Skills

8. English proficiency courses

Culture and gender relationships (in English literature, African Literature, Commonwealth literature)

Religious and social caste systems in literature

Social class and communication

Media freedom and literary texts

Supervised an MA student (literature)

A member of a supervision committee for MA student

An Internal examiner of an MA Dissertation

- Kgafela- Mokoka, N. and Koketso D. (2019). "Globalization, Cultural Resistance and Gender in Anita Desai's Cry the Peacock" in GRIN Publishing. ISSN 213.790 (Online)

- Kgafela- Mokoka, N. (2019). "The Muted in Mulk Raj Anand's Untouchable. in The Literary Herald. ISSN: 2454-3365 (online)

- Koketso, D and Kgafela- Mokoka, N. (2017). "Books are not Absolutely dead things: Milton Speaks to Freedom of information in Botswana from the grave through Areopagitica" in Scrutiny 2: Issiues in English Literature, pp.1-15. ISSN1753-5409 (online)

- Kgafela- Mokoka, N. (2013). "The Objectification of Women in Barolong Seboni's Love Poems." AMANTLE: A Collection of Critical Writing on Botswana Literature in English.

- Kgafela- Mokoka, N. (2013). "Ritual in Unity Dow's Far and Beyon" in Marang, Vol.23, ISSN1816-7659, pp. 143-151.

- Kgafela, N. 2009. "Images of Women in Botswana's Modern traditional Music.' in NAWA, journal of Language and Communication, Vol. 3. Number 1, pp 3138. ISBN 1993- 383

Ph.D. (Organic Chemistry); MSc. (Organic Chemistry)

Dr. Nayang Kgakatsi is a lecturer in organic chemistry with a specialization in phytochemistry and organic synthesis. Holding a Ph.D. from the University of Botswana. Dr. Nayang's expertise lies in the isolation, characterization, and synthesis of biologically active compounds from plants. Their research focuses on discovering novel phytochemicals with potential pharmaceutical applications and developing efficient synthetic routes for complex natural products. They are dedicated to research, teaching and mentoring students in the fields of organic and natural product chemistry.

General Chemistry, Organic Chemistry and Medicinal Chemistry

Phytochemistry and Organic Synthesis

Phytochemistry and Organic Synthesis

Nayang Kgakatsi, Runner R. T. Majinda, Ishmael B. Masesane. BF3OEt2 and MeSO3H-Promoted reactions of phenols and ethyl phenylpropiolate as a synthetic route to neoflavones and a potential route to flavones. Arkivoc, 2022. https://doi.org/10.24820/ark.5550190.p011.774

Nayang A. Kgakatsi, Runner R.T. Majinda, Ishmael B. Masesane, Mutshinyalo S. Nwamadi, Taye B. Demissie, Japheth O. Ombito, Irene Gobe. New Isoflavan from Erythrina Livingstoniana. Natural Product Research, 2022. https://doi.org/10.1080/14786419.2022.2130300

Nayang A. Kgakatsi, Runner R.T. Majinda, Ishmael B. Masesane, Irene Gobe. Methoxylated bibenzyls and isoflavones from Baphia Massaiensis Stem Bark. Natural Product Research, 2023. https://doi.org/10.1080/14786419.2023.2196076