Abdulai Silá was born in 1958 in Catió, Guinea Bissau. He moved to the capital, Bissau, to complete his school studies and then to Dresden, Germany, to complete a degree in Power Engineering. He currently lives in Bissau and combines telecommunications work with writing. He is the author of four novels: A Última Tragédia, Eterna Paixão, Mistida and Memórias SOMânticas, all of which deal with Bissau-Guinean culture and history.
He is the co-founder of the publisher Ku Si Mon Editora and he has also written two plays: As Orações de Mansat, a Bissau-Guinean Macbeth, and Dois Tiros e Uma Gargalhada, a dark comedy.