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Title
Miss
Firstname
Dinah
Middlename
Kereeditse
Lastname
Itumeleng
Position
Lecturer
Department
Office
217/13
Phone
355-4922
Professional Qualifications
B A Humanities, PGDE. MA Comparative Literary and Cultural Studies
Brief Biography
Miss D. K. Itumeleng is a lecturer in the Department of African Languages and Literature of the University of Botswana. She teaches literature courses mainly those have to do with literary theory and criticism, African literature and more especilly the novel. She more often teaches Setswana proficiency courses to international students Her research interest are in gender and feminist studies, sex and sexuality studies, comparative literary studies and literary translation.
She holds MA degree in Comparative Literary and Cultural Studies obtained from University of Connecticut (USA) in 2001, a BA in Humanities degree and a Post graduated diploma in Education both obtained from University of Botswana in 1991 and 1992 respectively .
Teaching Areas
African Novel
Literary Theory and Critiscism
Literary translation
African written poetry
Drama in indigenous languages
Setswana Language proficiency
Research Areas
Gender and Feminism,
Literary Theory and Criticism
Literary translation
Cultural studies
African novel
comparative literature
Postgraduate Supervision Areas
Gender and Feminism,
Literary Theory and Criticism
African novel
Selected Publications
Dinah K. Itumeleng (2008). "Teaching Setswana Literature in Post-colonial Botswana: Past, Present and Future" in Beyond the Language Issue : The Production, Mediation and reception of Creative Writing in African Languages. Naja Oed and Uta Reuster-Jahn eds. Koln: Rudiger Koppe Verlag
Dinah K. Itumeleng (2017) Death, Mourning and Burial Rites amongst the Khoisan People of Botswana: A Comparative Study Marang Vol 29 (70-78)