5 Books To Help Transform Your Business By Transforming Yourself

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Leadership isn’t a formula. Truly unlocking your leadership potential requires solid character and personal development—and reading targeted self-improvement books is an excellent way to accomplish this.

Here is a curated list of must-read books that dive into the powerful connection between personal improvement and business success. From subtle influences to blatantly related skills, these books will open your eyes to how important personal character and capabilities are to running a successful business.

1. Maureen Palmer, You Don’t Have To Quit
In her inaugural publication, You Don’t Have to Quit: 20 Science-Backed Strategies to Help Your Loved One Drink Less, radio and television senior producer Maureen Palmer tackles one of the most influential (and destructive) areas of personal business behavior: alcohol consumption. From full-on addiction to “grey area drinking,” there’s no doubt that the business world sometimes glorifies alcohol and pays the price. It costs corporations millions annually to manage employees with untreated substance use disorders.

Palmer interviewed the world’s greatest thought leaders on alcohol addiction, who revealed evidence-based ways to motivate behavior change in those who develop dependence. She discovered through her research that the kinds of things we typically say to heavy drinkers, like, “You have a problem, you need to change, this is serious,” can actually have the opposite effect.

In her book, Palmer shares all the motivation and communication tools proven to sustain behavior change in drinkers. The techniques she outlines can be used for other difficult workplace conversations, helping build the empathy required to help people feel seen and heard.

2. Mitchell Cohen, Rhythms of Change
Mitchell Cohen’s Rhythms of Change: Reflections on the Regent Park Revitalization is a book that follows the revitalization of the much-maligned Regent Park neighborhood in Toronto. It traces the uniquely effective efforts of the city to turn the area from a “no go” to a “go to” zone.

While interesting on its own, the book also offers a valuable peek into the power of transformative and visionary leadership. Author Mitchell Cohen is a social activist, musician, and CEO. He was also a first-hand observer of the transformation, and he provides key takeaways regarding the impact of healthy change and the focus on a resilient and inclusive community. Cohen examines strategic decision-making and provides a roadmap for similar change, not just in urban communities but in the workplace, as well.

3. Nimesh Patel, Extraordinary Doctor
In Extraordinary Doctor: How Emotional Intelligence Drives a Physician’s Success, neurosurgeon Nimesh H. Patel pushes the boundaries of bedside manner and doctoral training. While this is important as a baseline, Patel adds a key additional element to the mixture that leads to positive leadership and effective workplace activity: emotional intelligence.
Through personal experience and input from colleagues, Patel outlines what education, real-world experience, and proper bedside manner can accomplish. From there, he introduces the magic ingredient to truly exceptional experiences and best outcomes: an awareness of the emotional state and condition of each patient.
Emotional intelligence provides an additional degree of empathy and self-awareness. It leads to more effective communication, builds relationships, and earns trust. This is a reality that goes beyond the medical field and is true in any leadership setting—which is why this book is valuable for anyone looking to unlock personal improvement and leadership potential.
4. Michael Weber, Slow Burn Entrepreneur
Like leadership, entrepreneurship isn’t a formulaic activity. You can learn and prepare, but if you want to truly lead as an entrepreneur, you need to leave the nine-to-five mentality behind.
This is what makes Michael Weber’s Slow Burn Entrepreneur: Succeed on Your Own Terms with the RELAX Method impactful on both a personal and professional level. The author provides a string of personal insights and actionable tactics that emphasize key leadership traits, such as self-development and sustainable growth.
Weber’s goal is to equip leaders seeking personal growth with the confidence and tools required to break the rules for maximum profit while also using things like reflection and rest to fuel ongoing creativity. This book is a targeted resource that directly speaks to personal development as a way to unlock greater results as a leader.
5. Maria Flynn, Make Opportunity Happen
Leaders must lead their teams …somewhere. They must be the ones who capture the vision of a group and help them turn that vision into reality. If a leader cannot do that in their personal lives, they’ll struggle to do so on a larger corporate scale.
This is what makes Make Opportunity Happen: The Entrepreneur’s Guide to Align Your Own Stars such an impactful read. In the book, author Maria Flynn helps entrepreneurs discover a fresh sense of clarity, conviction, and direction for their personal journeys as well as their roles in the workplace.
Flynn provides personal examples from her time as a coach and entrepreneur. She also offers tools, including practical templates, strategies, and methodologies, to help overcome challenges and drive toward clear goals.
The book is positioned as a resource from a mentor offering a helping hand to those seeking to change their mindsets, maximize their potential, and unlock a fresh level of passion and direction with their leadership at every level. It’s a helpful guide for anyone seeking to personally and professionally improve as a leader.
Cultivating Yourself to Improve Your Business
It doesn’t matter if you’re an aspiring entrepreneur, an accomplished executive, or in any other position of corporate power and economic authority. These five books provide unique guidance to sharpen your mindset, build resilience, refresh your perspective, and help you navigate the challenges of leading others to success.
If you find that your business is struggling, always start with some introspection. Focus on transforming yourself first. This gives you the insights and tools needed to drive meaningful change in your business—and inspire those around you while you’re at it.

Execution looms for Texas man allegedly convicted by ‘junk science’

Science and Health

Robert Roberson, whom advocates say was wrongfully convicted of killing his two-year-old daughter more than two decades ago, is scheduled to be executed in Texas on Thursday amid claims that his conviction was secured with junk science.Roberson, 57, brought his daughter Nikki Curtis to hospital in Palestine, Texas, on 31 January 2002. He told doctors that she was ill with fever and had fallen from a bed.Curtis was “not breathing and had a blue color to her skin”, court documents cited by Time said, and was rushed to another hospital in Dallas, Texas. She was pronounced dead and doctors suspected abuse, finding that her injuries were in keeping with symptoms of shaken baby syndrome.The syndrome is a condition in which a baby or small child is shaken repeatedly, resulting in their brain hitting the inside of their skull. Medics noted that Roberson was unemotional, further stoking abuse suspicions, and on 1 February 2002, authorities charged Roberson with capital murder.Shaken baby syndrome is recognized as a real medical condition by health experts. But the American Association of Pediatrics in 2020 said that it had been “misinterpreted” by legal and health authorities. US civilian and military courts have exonerated at least 30 people in shaken baby syndrome cases since 1992, CNN reported.View image in fullscreenRoberson’s attorneys contend that his case is among the wrongful convictions related to questionable shaken baby syndrome claims. They insist that his daughter died from double pneumonia that spiraled into sepsis.They say her dire medical condition worsened still more when she was given medication that is presently considered improper for children. They contend that hospital staff’s immediate shaken baby syndrome determination – which they based on brain swelling and bleeding as well as bruises – amounted to misdiagnosis.Roberson’s emotionless comportment was not a sign of culpability but rather, due to his autism which was not diagnosed until 2018, his supporters also said. He insisted on his innocence in an interview with CNN.“It wasn’t a crime committed,” Roberson said. “I was falsely, wrongly convicted of a crime – they said it was a crime, but it wasn’t no crime and stuff because I had a sick little girl, you know?”Roberson received custody of Curtis two months before her death. He did not know about the girl until she was born, CNN said.Curtis’s maternal grandparents had custody the majority of her life, but they ultimately agreed that he should have custody. Roberson said that he picked up Curtis from her grandparents’ house and brought her home.Roberson said he turned on a movie and that they both fell asleep in the same bed. But Roberson said he woke after hearing Curtis’s cries and saw her on the ground.There was blood on the girl’s lips and a bruise below her chin, which Roberson cleaned up. Roberson said that he stayed awake several hours to make sure the toddler was all right and fell asleep again. In the morning, she was not responsive, CNN quoted him as explaining.“I carried her to the hospital and stuff, you know,” Roberson told the network. “I didn’t have nothing to hide.”View image in fullscreenRoberson’s supporters include the Innocence Project, autism advocacy organizations, a bipartisan cohort of more than 80 lawmakers, as well as the celebrated legal novelist John Grisham, CNN notes. Brian Wharton, who was a detective in Palestine, Texas, is also among his advocates.“Those two things are playing against each other – the emotional upheaval of the ER staff alongside the father who is just there,” Wharton reportedly said. “And then when you add to that this accusation of shaken baby syndrome, that affirms for you all the emotions you had in the ER and makes that flat affect much more suspect.“The investigative or the suspicious mind takes over and leads the investigation,” Wharton also told CNN. “Very early on, Robert was the focus of everything to the exclusion of any other possibilities.”The US supreme court on 2 October declined to hear Roberson’s petition. Roberson has effectively exhausted his state-level appeals in Texas.Roberson’s lawyers on Tuesday pushed for his death warrant to be found void, reportedly telling a court that the jurist who scheduled this execution lacked proper jurisdiction. But the administrative judge overseeing this proceeding disagreed, saying procedures were followed, meaning the execution remains on schedule, per the Tyler Morning Telegraph.They have also asked the Texas pardons and parole board and the Republican governor, Greg Abbott, for clemency. Roberson’s lawyers have petitioned for his sentence to be commuted to a lesser punishment or, that he should be given a postponement to allow more time for litigating appeals.But the board on Tuesday failed to recommend that Abbott grant clemency, Roberson’s lawyers said in a statement. Abbot rarely grants clemency petitions.If the execution proceeds as scheduled, Roberson will be the first person in this country to be executed related to shaken baby syndrome, the Associated Press reported.“It is not shocking that the criminal justice system failed Mr. Roberson so badly. What’s shocking is that, so far, the system has been unable to correct itself – when Texas lawmakers recognized the problem with wrongful convictions based on discredited ‘science’ over ten years ago,” Gretchen Sween, one of Mr Roberson’s attorneys, said in a statement.“We have tried multiple times to utilize that law. Multiple times we have been turned away – without explanation or consideration of the new evidence. We will ask Governor Abbott to issue a 30-day reprieve so we can continue to pursue Mr. Roberson’s innocence claim,” Sween also said. “We pray that Governor Abbott does everything in his power to prevent the tragic, irreversible mistake of executing an innocent man.”The scheduled execution comes in the wake of Missouri’s execution of Marcellus Williams who, like Roberson, maintained his innocence. Williams, who was Black, was convicted of killing a white woman.His conviction was rooted in two witnesses who were paid for testifying, according to The Innocence Project. Despite the fact that St Louis prosecutors recognized errors in the case, and that the woman’s husband opposed Williams’s execution, the state’s attorney general and governor refused to grant him clemency.Ed Pilkington contributed reporting

How your business insurance may be invalidated

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Insurance comparison experts from Quotezone.co.uk have highlighted six ways businesses may have unknowingly invalidated their business insurance.
Business insurance protects against financial loss if something goes wrong while undertaking business related activities. From small business start-ups with a couple of employees, to large-scale corporations with a team of hundreds, insurance protection is key and it’s not uncommon for providers to deny claims, if the agreed terms have not been met.
The main types of business insurance can range from commercial property insurance to public and employer liability and professional indemnity insurance – protecting the property, staff, the public and even their reputation.
Employers’ liability cover is a legal requirement if a business has any staff, they could face a £2,500 fine for every day they weren’t covered.
This fine can be backdated so it could be very costly. Businesses could also be fined £1,000 if they do not display their EL certificate or refuse to make it available to inspectors when they ask.
According to the Health and Safety Executive statistics 2022/23, 1.8 million working people suffered a work related illness in Great Britain – with a cost of £20.7 billion for injuries and ill health from current working conditions.
Greg Wilson, Founder and CEO of Quotezone.co.uk, said: “It can be risky setting up your own business, I started Quotezone 20 years ago, building from just four employees to a team of over 80 across two European cities.
“It’s no secret that business owners have a lot to contend with – setting up a reliable insurance policy may not be at the forefront of every owner’s mind, but it should be.
“Simple things like keeping the provider up to date on any changes to the business, making sure to keep the business premises secure and providing accurate details when taking out insurance can make all the difference.
“Your business insurance policy is there to protect you if anything goes wrong, and could protect you from forking out large pay-outs to cover a disgruntled customer or damage to your business premises.
“It is really important to make sure you are following the guidelines of your insurance, in order to avoid invalidating your policy.
“The worst thing would be to find out a small mistake you made previously has actually invalidated your insurance without you realising.
“Although it may seem like a labour-intensive task, reading the ins and outs of your insurance terms is essential to make sure you are protected. ”
Pointers to help insure your policy is valid:
1.Double check details 
When taking out your insurance policy, you must ensure all details are as accurate as possible. Sometimes, insurance providers will have limited or generic descriptions to choose from when signing up your company. It is important to make sure you choose the option that most accurately describes your business, or seek advice from the provider. Providing the wrong business description could invalidate your policy.
2.Take serious security measures 
If your business premises are broken into, you will need to provide evidence of forced entry. Training staff to try and keep all windows and doors locked at all times, will help ensure your claim will be valid if the worst were to happen.  Make sure to also set your alarm each time you leave the building empty.
3.Inform your insurer of any changes
Any changes to your business, for example a change of address, change of name or business functions, must be communicated to your insurance provider to make sure all details on your policy are accurate. Any new assets, change in earning, or employee numbers, should also be updated on your insurance policy, or your provider may refuse to pay out.
4.Keep up maintenance
Part of taking out an insurance policy is making an agreement with your provider to keep a certain level of property maintenance. If you need to make a claim and your provider decides you have not been taking proper care of the building, the current claim and any future ones may be rejected.
5.Don’t delay on renewing  
Procrastinating on your policy renewal forms can be costly, especially if you need to make a claim and find yourself uninsured because you left it too late to renew.  Shop around and compare quotes as early as possible to ensure a competitive price.
6.Keep your provider in the loop 
If something were to go wrong, the worst thing you could do is try and resolve it yourself without the help or advice of your insurance provider. If you decide to pay an unhappy client and then need to take action further down the line, this can harm your insurer’s position and make it less likely to get the result you want.
Businesses should check with their regulator and professional body to ensure all obligations are met and adequate protection is applied – Quotezone can help business owners compare and find savings on business insurance and all sorts of related products such as landlord insurance.  Compareni.com can help those living in Northern Ireland.

New playground or keep the soccer field? Owlbert helps kids decide in Charleston library’s new book.

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A new picture book that seeks to teach kids about community engagement and emphasize that their voice matters debuted Oct. 16 as a collaboration between Charleston County Public Libraries and the Charleston County Board of Voter Registration and Elections.”Owlbert Learns to Vote,” features Owlbert, the mascot of the library system.The story follows Owlbert on his journey with his friends as they learn from their teacher, Mr. Sam the eagle, about the importance of voting and finding common ground despite differing opinions.

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Owlbert the Owl and Noah Cramer pose for a photo together at the grand opening of “Owlbert Learns to Vote” at the Keith Sumney North Charleston Library, Wednesday, October 16, 2024, in North Charleston. The new children’s book, published by the Charleston County Libraries and Charleston Board of Voter Registration and Elections, teaches kids about the importance of voting.

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The issue at hand is one kids everywhere will find near and dear to their hearts — a decision between building a new playground or keeping an existing soccer field at their school.Spoiler alert: The playground wins, but Owlbert and his friends learn to still get along despite some characters not getting what they want.

How ‘Owlbert Learns to Vote’ came to lifeIsaac Cramer, executive director of the BVRE, said he’s had the idea to make a picture book about voting since 2021, but the library and the board were only able to start collaborating on it last year.The book was a group effort.It was written by Natalie Hauff, CCPL deputy director of innovation; Doug Reynolds, CCPL associate director of communications and marketing; and Cassie Welch, CCPL children’s system coordinator. Kathleen Montgomery, the library’s associate director of community engagement, and Natasha Streets, deputy director of BVRE, helped with the concept, and Roxie Burrow, the library’s creative manager, designed it. Julia Rogova was hired independently to illustrate the book.

In an email to The Post and Courier, Reynolds said he ordered 1,000 paperback copies and 200 hardcover books. He added that copies of the book will be available at every branch of the library system, as well as Charleston County School District libraries.The book — which cost approximately $5,800 — was paid for through BVRE’s outreach budget, which is specifically for projects like this that help teach people the importance of voting, according to Cramer.

Isaac Cramer hands out ballots for kids and parents to vote on ice cream or cake as a dessert at the grand opening of “Owlbert Learns to Vote” at the Keith Sumney North Charleston Library, Wednesday, October 16, 2024, in North Charleston. The new children’s book, published by the Charleston County Libraries and Charleston Board of Voter Registration and Elections, teaches kids about the importance of voting.

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Before the book was even released, Cramer said colleagues from around the nation had reached about getting a copy of the book to share the same message to their constituents. While nothing is set in stone, he said there may be an opportunity to sell the book — potentially on Amazon as an e-book — to give it more exposure and educate the younger generation.

Charleston political parties weigh inThe chairs of the county’s Republican and Democratic parties both got a chance to read the book. Andrew Boucher, chair of the Charleston County Republican Party, and Sam Skardon, chair of the Charleston County Democratic Party, both said they enjoyed it. They reflected on how they were able to accompany their parents to vote when they were children.Boucher said if his kids were younger, he’d use the book to help them understand why voting matters. He hopes kids not only take away that elections are important, but that they can also be fun.Skardon had just one critique.

“I don’t love the idea that it’s a zero-sum game, like either one side wins or loses, and the losing side just has to be okay with the winning side,” Skardon said. “I think if you lose an election, you can and should still find ways to compromise on things.”

Skardon likened the book to a series of graphic novels by the late John Lewis, a congressman and civil rights activist. Lewis published a trilogy of graphic novels titled “March” about the civil rights movement to target younger audiences. Skardon, who started his career in politics working for Lewis, said it’s a personal connection that helped him realize how different formats can reach diverse audiences.

Both Boucher and Skardon agreed the book is a great civics education introduction for kids.

Owlbert the Owl holds a copy of the book about him at the grand opening of “Owlbert Learns to Vote” at the Keith Sumney North Charleston Library, Wednesday, October 16, 2024, in North Charleston. The new children’s book, published by the Charleston County Libraries and Charleston Board of Voter Registration and Elections, teaches kids about the importance of voting.

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“Oftentimes we skip over the basics and get into the partisan aspects of civics education,” Boucher said. “We focus on activism when voting is often overlooked. I think this drives it home by making the initial introduction to voting about something tangible to the kids.”Hauff, the library’s deputy director of innovation, said the library and the BVRE were very careful to make sure none of the content alluded to anything that could be perceived as political.”This truly is just an educational opportunity for kids to learn what it means to vote and to really engage in the process with their parents or caregivers,” Hauff said. “We think it’s important for them to understand the real root and foundation of what it means to vote.”

Cramer said he’s glad the book came out right before early voting starts on Oct. 21. He believes the book will be “a great topic of conversation” for kids, and suggested parents bring their kids to vote if they’re able to.”Seeing you cast your ballot is, I think, one of the most important things to instill in them, the importance of it,” Cramer said.

Five Essential Books For Understanding Native American History

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In the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, most histories of the United States either completely ignored Native Americans or depicted them as primitive and wild, as obstacles to European and white American settlement. In the second half of the twentieth century, mainstream histories began including Native Americans more seriously but usually portrayed them solely as victims, sadly doomed to fade with the rise of European colonies and the United States.Article continues after advertisementRemove Ads
Today, there is a new wave of scholarship that seeks to include Native Americans—and Native nations—as full participants in the long span of American history, which starts long before any Europeans came to the Americas and continues to the present and into the future. My book Native Nations: A Millenium in North America, is part of this trend. It takes a broad view of Native American history, from around the year 1000 to the present day. The books I suggest below go deeply into Native American history, and all are written by Native authors.
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David Treuer, The Heartbeat of Wounded Knee: Native America from 1890 to the PresentArticle continues after advertisementRemove Ads
A finalist for the National Book Award, The Heartbeat of Wounded Knee brilliantly overturns the assumption that Native American history ends with the massacre at Wounded Knee in 1890, a date that past histories had pointed to as the end of Native Americans’ last stand against colonialism. Treuer, an Ojibwe scholar, teaches the reader an astounding amount of twentieth- and early twenty-first-century history through fascinating stories that reveal the resilience of Native America.

Ned Blackhawk, The Rediscovery of America: Native Peoples and the Unmaking of U.S. History
This eloquent and comprehensive book by a Yale history professor “rediscovers” the history of the United States and that of American Indians since the 1500s by showing that they are the same story. Blackhawk (Western Shoshone) follows the standard chronology of US history while detailing, era by era, how interactions between Native Americans and Europeans and their descendants in North America intersected with it. In this sweeping synthesis—which won a National Book Award—standard flashpoints of U.S. history take on new meaning.
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Brenda J. Child, Holding Our World Together: Ojibwe Women and the Survival of Community
Women rarely get their deserved place in history books, but sometimes a book, by focusing on women, can change how we see the whole history. Child, a University of Minnesota professor and a citizen of the Red Lake Ojibwe, tells how Ojibwe women shaped Native American life through the ages. As we learn their stories, we understand that women “held their world together” even as the forces of colonialism tried to destroy Native families and nations.

Philip J. Deloria, Indians in Unexpected Places
A professor at Harvard, Deloria (Yankton Dakota) wrote this book to directly counter the myth that Native Americans are people of the past rather than modern human beings, who have changed with the times, just like everyone else. He presents image after image of Native Americans in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries doing the kinds of things that non-Natives at the time were insisting they couldn’t do: playing baseball, riding in automobiles, and singing opera.Article continues after advertisementRemove Ads

Natalie Diaz, Postcolonial Love Poem
Ok, this one is not a traditional history book, but Diaz’s poems are some of the strongest stand against erasure and objectification that you can read. Diaz is Mojave and Akimel O’odham and is a professor at Arizona State. She writes in this Pulitzer Prize-winning volume, “I am doing my best to not become a museum of myself.”
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Native Nations: A Millennium in North America by Kathleen DuVal is a finalist for the 2024 Cundill History Prize.

Amir Yaya Sillah releases new book, The Great Marabouts of Senegambia

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Amir Yaya Sillah, the award-winning Gambian writer and founder of Suba Kunda Publishing, has authored a new book titled The Great Marabouts of Senegambia. The book, which delves deep into the history and legacy of Marabouts, is the culmination of over five years of extensive research conducted by Mr Sillah in The Gambia and abroad. Known for his profound storytelling and dedication to preserving African history and culture, Sillah’s latest work promises to offer readers an insightful journey into the untold stories of these spiritual leaders.
According to Amir Yaya Sillah, the Marabout institution is one of the most enduring entities in African history. It survived the transatlantic slave trade and European colonialism, outlasting the trials that shaped the continent’s modern history. However, despite their immense contributions to society, the role of Marabouts is often overlooked by mainstream discourse. Sillah’s new book seeks to address this imbalance, shining a spotlight on the Marabouts and the crucial role they played—and continue to play—in Senegambian society.
In The Great Marabouts of Senegambia, Sillah explores the Marabouts’ significant contributions, particularly in the realms of education and spiritual guidance. The book covers a wide range of topics, including pre-Islamic African spiritualism, the advent of Islam in Senegambia, the 18th-century jihads, and the influence of Marabouts in Europe. Sillah synthesises these historical events to paint a comprehensive picture of how Marabouts have shaped both past and present societies. Through their teachings and guidance, they have played a pivotal role in the cultural and spiritual development of the Senegambian people.- Advertisement –

This is not the first time Sillah has captivated readers with his writings. The Great Marabouts of Senegambia is his second book release of the year, following The Future is Now, which was published in May. Over the past decade, Sillah has authored nine books, with topics ranging from entrepreneurship to family dynamics. All his works are available on Amazon and at Suba Bookshop in The Gambia.
Sillah’s journey as a writer is as remarkable as the subjects he writes about. Born and raised in Jarra Sutukung, The Gambia, Sillah grew up in a family with deep scholarly roots. Under the mentorship of his grandfather, the leader of the respected Sillah Kunda scholarly family, Sillah was trained in Islamic studies, sociology, and spiritual counselling. His thirst for knowledge led him to Serekunda, where he taught himself English at the age of 17. This marked the beginning of a remarkable life journey that took him from rural Gambia to the United Kingdom.
Sillah’s contributions to both literature and society have been widely recognised. In May 2023, he was awarded a Certificate of Appreciation by the Gambia High Commission in London for his work in both the UK and The Gambia. Furthermore, during the coronation of King Charles III, Sillah was among the distinguished guests invited to meet the new monarch—a testament to his standing as a respected figure in both countries.- Advertisement –

In 2022, Sillah founded the SST School of Entrepreneurship in The Gambia to equip young people with essential entrepreneurial skills. His influence has also extended into academia, with appearances as a speaker and panelist at conferences, including those at Cambridge University.
As The Great Marabouts of Senegambia hits the shelves, Sillah continues to solidify his reputation as a distinguished writer and a passionate advocate for African history, culture, and progress. His work serves as both a preservation of the past and a call for future generations to understand and appreciate the profound legacy of the Marabouts. Readers worldwide can look forward to another captivating and insightful offering from one of The Gambia’s most celebrated authors.