Botswana

Dr Pinkie Mekgwe is an internationally recognised scholar having contributed, in the last 13 years, to English and African literature, gender politics and education in numerous refereed publications. Dr. Mekgwe currently works in the Research Department of the Council for the Development of Research in the Social Sciences in Africa (CODESRIA), based in Dakar, Senegal.

As a post-doctoral fellow at the Wits Institute for Economic and Social Research (WISER), Dr. Mekgwe contributed to the Sexuality and Masculinity discourse within WISER with several articles and numerous presentations leading to the preparation of a book manuscript on Sexuality and the Concept of the Nation. She has also been an assistant lecturer at Sussex University's School of African and Asian Studies, and a visiting lecturer at Malmo University in Sweden.

Within the media, Dr Mekgwe was, for 3 years, a producer and presenter of "Open Book", an educational, literature-focused radio programme aired on a Gaborone-based radio station. The weekly programme interviewed known people in different fields on their book interests, aiming at encouraging listeners to invest in reading. She was a founding Board Member of the Botswana Media Regulatory Body, and its first female chairperson.

Dr Megwe holds a BA from the University of Botswana; as well as an M.Sc and D.Phil. (Gender and Literary Studies) from the University of Sussex.