Mallam Sile is an African short story about a legally blind man who sells tea in Kumasi. The culture in the story evolves around the tea seller's religion which is Islam. As a Muslim, he cares deeply for his aged parents and leaves home at the young age of 12 to find work. Moreover, because of his blindness, many people deceive Mallam Sile, but he does not take it to heart and feels that he should treat everyone with kindness, as is the epitome of the Islamic religion.