Olubusola (Busola) Eshiet has a PhD in Education with a focus on early years literacy development. Her drive to achieve a higher literacy rate in Nigeria, and indeed in West Africa has its root in over 30 years of experience as a teacher. In the past 10 years, she has initiated and supervised the implementation of programs leading to the attainment of an increase in teaching skills of teachers and growth in reading and writing skills of pupils.
Busola has broad experience in pioneering and managing literacy programmes/projects. Her training and mentoring projects have benefitted thousands of Early Years teachers and over a million pupils in countries across West Africa.
Busola has developed a strong network with literacy experts in top education policy makers, publishers, businesses, academic institutions, and charity organisations in many countries. She speaks at local and international conferences and has published articles in peer-reviewed journals.
She also has a passion for supporting for people mourning different types of losses and regularly volunteers to help bereaved people.
A lover of books, she is contributing her bit to replenish the world library of books. She has authored children’s books, textbooks, a handbook on teaching early years literacy, and books on grief support. She has more books coming.
She is the Chief Executive Officer of Optimalpath Consulting.
Olubusola Eshiet
Scars Do Heal
In a chain of events, Omoye is married off at an early age, her much loved brother dies suddenly, and her four children are left motherless. Tayo (the only boy among the four) is at the centre of a bitter dispute between his grandparents and his father over his primary school education. His sisters are even less fortunate as their potential for getting any education is dismissed. Tayo is determined to make it in life but his resolve to succeed is often met with problems. He defies his father's instructions and as a consequence of his stubbornness, he is humiliated, abandoned, and grieving. When he thinks his ambition has come to a dead end, fate and politics intervene. What good will Omoye's sudden reappearance do? What secrets does she carry? Is it too late for reconciliation?
About the Author
Káyọ̀dé was born and raised in Ìbàdàn, Nigeria. He now lives in Newcastle-upon-Tyne with his wife,
Ìyábọ̀dé and they are both blessed with two children.
He has a Bachelor of Arts (Education) English degree from the Ọbáfẹ́mi Awólọ́wọ̀ University, Nigeria;
Master of Arts in English from the University of Lagos, Nigeria; Level 6 diploma in DTE(E)LLS and
Knowledge of Language: TKT Band 3 from the University of Cambridge, UK.
He was a lecturer in Nigeria and had worked as a supply teacher in the UK. He is a freelance
interpreter/translator and a registered member of the National Register of Public Service
Interpreters (NRPSI), UK.
He loves writing, reading, travelling, watching football and playing table tennis.
