Writing in vernacular is usually much easier than formal writing. How about writing an entire doctorate thesis in a vernacular language? A South African woman, has made history by writing her entire thesis in her vernacular language- Setswana. Setswana is one of the South African languages. Eileen Elizabeth Pooe is a teacher, a lecturer and head of the North West University’s Department of Setswana. The BaTswana are more of Bantu speaking ethnic group than ‘people from Botswana’.