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
Stepping Into The Sunlight
Stepping Into The Sunlight encourages the one who has suffered a loss to stare the loss in the face, intentionally take charge of their grief, and to be strategic about recovery. It also offers advice to the friend who is keen to support the bereaved on how to help their friends take the vital steps back to life.
About the Author
OLUBUSOLA ESHIET (Busola), who has offered support to the bereaved for over twenty
years, finds fulfilment in reaching out to people who hurt, offering words of encouragement
and practical help.
After enjoying a decade of promoting early years reading and writing skills in West Africa,
Busola is now busy pursuing another of her lifelong passions – writing to replenish the world
library with books, seeing as the writings of many others have been such a blessing to her.
She is also the author of Expected Date of Departure: Preparing for the Death of Loved Ones.
Busola and her husband, Emmanuel, live in Newcastle upon Tyne.
