Basketball
Gambian Basketball Player Gains ground in USA
- Sunday, 12 February 2012
- Modou Lamin Beyai
Pa Amadou Sambou was born in The Gambia on the 19th of September, 1987 and was raised in Serrekunda, The Gambia. He attended the Serrekunda Primary then proceeded to Ice Junior and Senior Secondary Schools. This 6ft-10 Gambian weighing 250 pounds started playing basket ball at an early age.
“Even if it is not for my height, I just love the game. My friends used to encourage me telling me that I need to be a basket ball player in order to represent The Gambia one day”, Sambou said in an interview.
“Consistency and determination is what took me to this level" said Amadou Sambou, who came to the USA through a Basketball Scholarship to attend Laurinburg Institute in North Carolina in 2003. Comments (