Abdulai Sila was born in Catió, southern Guinea-Bissau, on April 1st, 1958. After the proclamation of independence on September 24th, 1973, he participated in the ‘literacy brigades’ under the guidance of the Brazilian pedagogue Paulo Freire. In 1985, he graduated in Electrical Engineering at the University of Dresden (Germany, where he lived for six years and devoted himself to the study of information and communication technologies, becoming a businessman in this area). According to the Guinean literature professor Moema Parente Augel:
A vocação das ciências exatas, porém, é apenas uma das facetas da personalidade deste homem invulgar. Abdulai Sila faz parte do grupo de jovens dos primeiros momentos da construção do país, jovens que não ficaram apenas no sonho, na
2578 words
Citation: Marçal de Carvalho, Wellington. "Abdulai Silá". The Literary Encyclopedia. First published 16 December 2020 [https://www.litencyc.com/php/speople.php?rec=true&UID=14297, accessed 24 April 2024.]
