Staff Profiles

MPhil FLE, Curriculum Development, Educational Audit, Intercultural Training, Avignon Université

MA FLE , Instructional design, Teacher Training,  Audit, French for Specific Purposes, University of Cape Town

PGDE, University of Botswana

BA Humanities, French and Environmental Science, UB

Obene Bojosi's areas of specialization include Curriculum Development, Instructional Design, Educational Audit and French for Specific Purposes. She is currently pursuing her doctoral studies focusing on Didactics and Instructional Design for French for Specific Purposes Courses in Avignon Université, France. She taught undergraduate language courses and coordinated the Evening classes programme.

French as a Foreign Language

Intercultural Communication

French for Specific Purposes, (Business, Tourism and International Relations)

Curriculum Development

French for Specific Purposes

Business French 

Intercultural Communication

Didactics of French Foreign Language

Curriculum Development,

Instructional Design

Educational Audit  

French for Specific Purposes

Rodah Sechele-Nthapelelang and Obene B. Bojosi. LANGUAGES AND CULTURES AT PLAY: UNIVERSITY OF BOTSWANA SITUATION FOR THE TEACHING AND LEARNING OF FRENCH. In Lonaka Issue 11 no1 (2020) Foreign Languages Learning and Teaching. Gaborone, Botswana. Pp 50-59. Lonaka JOLTVol.11 no. 1 2020

Doctor of Philosophy (D.Phil), University of Oxford

MA in History, University of London (S.O.A.S)

BEd. Humanities

Maitseo M.M. Bolaane, graduated with Doctor of Philosophy D. Phil) from the University of Oxford. She is an Associate Professor, and Head of Department, Faculty of Humanities at the University of Botswana, teaching various courses in African environmental history (including “Africa and its Past in Film”, “Public Health History & “China, Globalization & Changing Power Relations” She has been involved with the University of Botswana – University of Tromsø Collaborative Programme for San Research and Capacity Building for some time.  She is now Director of the San Research Centre at the University of Botswana.  Among her key publications is a book examining the impact of wildlife conservation policy on San communities: Chiefs, Hunters and San in the creation of the Moremi Game Reserve, Okavango Delta: Multiracial interactions and Initiatives, 1956-1979 (2013), a co-edited book on Parallel Issues and Mutual Challenges for San and Sami People in Research (2015), a co-authored book titled Botswana  (1997). She is one of the editors of a newly released book Botswana Women Write (2019). In addition she has published several peer-reviewed journal articles, book chapters, technical reports, conference proceedings, encyclopedia articles and reviewed several journal articles and book chapters. She serves in various University structures including the Institutional Review Board (IRB). She also sits in the Advisory Board of the Journal of Southern African Studies.

Ecology & Empire, Conservation & Politics in Africa

Slave Trade & Colonial Conquest in East Africa

Social History & Women Histories, 

China, Globalization & Changing Power Relations

China & Africa Relations

Biographies, Botswana

Public Health History

Botswana Medical History

Chinese ‘Soft Power’ & Botswana’s Higher Education

Women shaping narratives within 'fire churches' in Botswana

San Cross-Border Cultural Heritage and Identity in Botswana, Namibia and South Africa

Borderline Innovation, marginalized communities: universities and inclusive development in ecologically fragile locations

Historiography of Lake Ngami Landscape & its Ecosystem Services in the Lower Okavango Delta

Research on, with, and by indigenous peoples- Reflections on research Ethics

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1. J. Nyirenda 2019- 2022,”Regional Identity: The Role of Ngoni Culture and Presbyterian Christianity in Northern Malawi since 1855, PhD, History Department, UB
2. E. Mugari, 2015 - 2020. “Dynamics of ecosystem service provision in semi-arid areas: A case of Bobirwa sub-district in the Limpopo Basin of Botswana”, PhD,Biological Sciences, UB.
3. S.Chabikwa, 2014 – 2019. “Archiving National Manuscripts from Minority Communities in Zimbabwe”, PhD Thesis, Library & Information Services, UB.

Books

1. 2019 Bolaane, Maitseo M. M., Lederer, Mary S., Molema, Leloba S., and Rapoo, Connie. (eds) Botswana Women Write. University of KwaZulu-Natal Press: Pietermaritzburg, South Africa. ISBN 978 1 86914 427 2.

2. 2015. Skold, Peter, Sanderstrom, Moa and Bolaane, Maitseo, (eds), Under the Same Sun! Parallel Issues and Mutual Challenges for San and Sami People in Research. Vaartoe/ Centre for Sami Research (CeSam), Umeå University200 pp. ISBN: 978-91-7601-137-9; ISSN 1651-5455

3.2013. Bolaane, Maitseo. Chiefs, Hunters, and San in the Creation of the Moremi Game Reserve, Okavango Delta: Multiethnic Interactions and Initiatives, 1956-79, Senri Ethnological Studies (Osaka). No.  83. ISBN 978-4-906962-08-2 Single authored. The book has continued to receive high points through ResearchGate. It received positive review: by Robert K. Hitchcock, in Journal of Anthropological Research, vol. 70, 2014.

3. 1997. Bolaane, M.M.M. and P. T. Mgadla. Botswana. New York. Rosen Publishing Group

PhD Civil Engineering (Loughborough University, UK)

MSc Environmental Engineering (Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden)

BEng. (Civil Engineering) (Lakehead University, Canada)

Diploma in Civil Engineering Technology (Lakehead University, Canada)

Registered Professional Engineer (Civil)

Benjamin Bolaane is a registered Professional Civil Engineer and Professor of Infrastructure Planning at the University of Botswana.  He has over 20 years of practice, consultancy, teaching and research in infrastructure and transport planning. He previously served as the Head of Department of Architecture and Planning. Prof Bolaane is the Dean of the Faculty of Engineering and Technology at the University of Botswana. He has directed his efforts as Dean towards improving quality of programmes, visibility of the Faculty through engagement and enterprising. His research interest are on equitable access to infrastructure services to while ensuring their sustainability through appropriate cost recovery.  In particular, his research agenda is mainly directed towards practical actions towards improving the livelihood of the poor and downtrodden

Infrastructure Planning and Management

Transport Planning and Management

Solid Waste Management

Sanitation and water access

Sustainability and cost recovery in infrastructure provision

Solid waste management 

Solid waste management

Changes on road safety regulation on behaviour change and fatality rates

Road pricing and mechanism for raising revenue for maintenance  

Ngwenya, B.N., Thakadu, O.T., Phaladze N.A. and Bolaane, B. (2018). Access to water and sanitation facilities in primary schools: A neglected educational crisis in Ngamiland District in Botswana, Physics and Chemistry of the Earth 105: 231-238.

Thakadu, O.T., Ngwenya, B.N., Phaladze N.A. and Bolaane, B. (2018). Sanitation and hygiene practices among primary school learners in Ngamiland District, Botswana, Physics and Chemistry of the Earth 105: 224-230.

Ngwira, G.M., Bolaane, B. and Parida, B.P. (2016). Trend Analysis of Road Traffic Fatalities in Malawi, BIE Journal of Engineering and Applied Sciences 6(2): 56-62.

Bolaane, B. and Isaac E. (2015). Privatization of solid waste collection services: Lessons from Gaborone, Waste Management 40(2015): 14-21