Abdulai Silá,, is a Guinea-Bissauan engineer, economist, social researcher and writer
Education
He attended primary school in Catió and then in 1970 he moved to Bissau to attend high school. From 1979-1985, he attended Technical University of Dresden (Germany), where he graduated in Electrical Engineering. From 1986, he studied computer networking, Cisco networking, Local Area Network management, and Internet security in the United States and elsewhere.
Career
He is the author of three novels. Eterna Paixão (1994), A Última Tragédia (1995) and Mistida (1997), the first of which was the first novel published in Guinea-Bissau. Silá has carved a career in both engineering and writing.
Under the leadership of Silá, Eguitel has played a significant role in the development and diffusion of Information and Communications in Guinea-Bissau, undertaking several initiatives to make these technologies accessible and affordable throughout the country.
Silá is also a writer In addition to authoring technical articles on appropriated technology, energy, and communication issues, Silá has written three novels.
Eterna Paixão ("Eternal Passion") (1994), A Última Tragédia (1995) and Mistida (1997). Characterized as a "postcolonial myth, parable, and fable", Eterna Paixão was the first ever novel to be written and published in Guinea-Bissau.
In the novel, he provides a critique of the political regime in the country since independence from Portugal.
His ability to illustrate images, situations and characters and represent the political situation in the country in Mistida was acclaimed. He also wrote the play As Orações de Mansat, a drama inspired by William Shakespeare"s Macbeth, in 2007. Like the songwriter and poet José Carlos Schwarz and the novelist Filinto de Barros, Silá self-identifies as a voice of the underprivileged.