Life beyond expectations

In her new book, Beyond The Tassel: A Graduate’s Journey After University, 30-year-old Same Onneile Oitsile brings that silence to the page, drawing from the journals she kept during her own transition into adulthood.

Oitsile, who hails from Nswazwi Village in the North-East District and holds an MBA from the European Business University as well as a BBA in Entrepreneurship from the University of Botswana, says the book began without any literary ambition. “I didn’t start journaling to write a book; I was trying to process life, especially during that transition from university into the ‘real world.’ At first, it was just a way to distract myself from how harsh and unfamiliar everything felt,” she explains.