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M.A. University of London (1989)

P.G.D.E (Post 4844³ÉÈËÃâ·Ñ¸£Àû Diploma in Education)  4844³ÉÈËÃâ·Ñ¸£Àû (1987)

B.A. (Humanities) 4844³ÉÈËÃâ·Ñ¸£Àû (1986)

Mr. Benjamin Lesele Janie teaches in the department of African Languages and Literature at the 4844³ÉÈËÃâ·Ñ¸£Àû. He is a poet and has a passion for creative writing, performance arts, oral literature and cultural studies.

Mr.  Janie holds an M.A. from the University of London(S.O.A.S).He is a member of the Setswana Vehicular Cross-border Languages commission of ACALAN (African Union Commission). He is a co-author a play,  A kind of Justice and an anthology of African poetry written in English , Ceremony of the Word . His Setswana poems appears in anthologies by K.Mogapi.

•  Oral literature
• Cultural Studies
•  African Poetry
• Ìý°Õ³ó±ð²¹³Ù°ù±ð
•  Creative Writing
• African Written Lierature

• African poetry
•  African ritual studies
• Oral literature
• Culture
• Performance studies

• African poetry
• African ritual
• African theatre
• African oral literature

• B. Seboni & B.Janie (2015) Ceremony of the Word .Petlo Literary Arts Trust: Gaborone.  
• Mtubani.V.C.D. & B. Janie (1996) A Kind of Justice. Botsalano Press: Gaborone.
• Ìý´³²¹²Ô¾±±ð.µþ.³¢. Social Commentary, Change and Innovation in Traditional Popular Guitar Music in Botswana in Tumedi.S.M.,Nhlekisana. R. O. B and Ndana. N. (2010) Lips & Pages: Botswana Traditional Music as Socio-Political Commentary. Pentagon Publishers: Gaborone