About the Dean

Mokgale Makgopa - Professor BA (Hons) (Unisa), MA,(Stell) DiLit et Phil(Unisa), (JSTC) Mokgale Makgopa CV Section - Northern Sotho Section Contact Details Tel: + 27 15 962 8115 Fax: + 27 15 962 8416 Email: makgopa@univen.ac.za Office No: SHSS Building No 35

Research Interests

Indigenous Medicine and Health, Ethno medicine, Indigenous Music, Indigenous Food and attire, Folklore and the New constitution of South Africa. Influence of politics in the naming and renaming of towns, villages, streets and individuals

Books Published

1.  Makgopa MA Closure as reflected in Northern Sotho Narratives.VDM Verlag Dr.Muller.ISBN 978-3-639-28842-1

Recent Publications

1. 2010. Closure as Reflected in Northern Sotho Narratives: The types of closure in Northern Sotho novel and short story. Opening and closing as closural strategies in Northern Sotho folktales. Poetic closure VDM Verlag Dr. Müller, 156 pages, English, SBN-13: 978-3639288421
2. 2009. Orality and the new dispensation in South Africa: Opportunities and challenges. Southern African Journal for Folklore Studies. Volume 19 No ( 1)  Pages (49 – 58).
3. 2009. Figurative and poetic language in indigenous healing: an African perspective:indigenous knowledge systems, health, illness and healing. Indilinga African Journal  of Indigenous Knowledge Systems, Vol 8, Issue 2, (Pages: 147-157).
4. 2009. The use of ditaola (divination bones) among indigenous healers in Sekhukhune District, Limpopo Province : indigenous African healing. Indilinga African Journal of Indigenous Knowledge Systems, Vol 8, Issue 1, (Pages: 51-58)
5. 2008. Contesting Space in Folklore Studies: An interdisciplinary approach. Southern African Journal for Folklore Studies. Volume 18 No( 2)  Pages (48 -58).
6. 2007. Operational Procedures and Geometrical Techniques In the erection of an Indigenous House. Southern African Journal for Folklore Studies. Volume 17 number (2). P. (26 -42)
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Recent Research Papers Presented

1. 2010 Folklore and performance; reclaiming the lost cultural identity through oral Tradition. The International Conference of the Southern African Folklore Society (SAFOS) 27-29 September 2010, University of South Africa,National Cultural History  Museum, Vissagie Street, Pretoria. South Africa (Forthcoming)
2. 2010 Application of some of the theories of Xenophobia in the Drama of SM Serudu Naga ga di etelane: A deconstruction approach. The interim Conference of the African Languages Association of Southern Africa (ALASA) 21- 23 July 2010 University of Botswana, Gaborone, Botswana (Forthcoming)
3. 2010. Infusion of folklore in the South African Jazz; An Analysis of some of the tracks of Sello Galane in his CD “Free Kiba” : International Society for Oral Literature in Africa (ISOLA) 06 days from 15 - 20 July 2010 Leisure Lodge, Diani, Mombasa, University of Nairobi, Kenya (Forthcoming)
4. 2009 Orality and the new Dispensation in South Africa. A keynote address prepared for
    the Regional Conference of the Southern African Folklore Society(SAFOS) and       Annual General Meeting(AGM) 10- 12 September 2009, Rhodes  University, Grahamstown, Eastern Cape
5. 2009 The Dillema, Challenges and opportunities faced by the language of South
   Africa in their teaching and Learning. A paper prepared for the international Conference of WOCAL 6- Cologne August 17th – 21st  2009. University of Cologne. Germany
6. 2009  From orality to scribality to textuality”: A critical evaluation of the elements of orality in the novel of Matsepe, Lešitaphiri.  A paper prepared for the international Conference of the African Language Association of Southern Africa (ALASA) 08 – 10 July 2009. University of Western Cape. South Africa
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Membership of Societies

• Member of African Languages Association of Southern Africa [ALASA]
• Member of Southern African Folklore Society [SAFOS]
• Member of the executive board of the Southern African Folklore Society [SAFOS] serving as the Chairperson. (www.safos.org.za)
• Member of the International Society for Oral Literature in Africa [ISOLA]
• Member of the World congress of African Linguistics. [WOCAL]
• Consulting Editor for Tydskrif Vir Letterkunde
• Member of the International Association for Translation and Intercultural Studies (IATIS)