User:Abu Bakarr Tony Kamara

ABU BAKARR TONY KAMARA was born on 15th April, 1984 at the Kono government hospital Koidu town, Kono District, Eastern Sierra Leone. He is parented by fanatic muslim parents. A Temne father Mr. Bai Kamara, From Mabonkaya village, Mansungbala Chiefdom and a Limba mother Mrs. Adama Bangura,from Sella Kafta Village, Tonko Limba chiefdom both in Kambia District, Northern Sierra Leone. And he later became a Strong Catholic christian.

When Abu Bakarr Tony Kamara was one year old, his parents got divorced for reason best known to themselves. Abu Bakarr Tony kamara had to be with his mother, in kambia Town for few years. Later, when his father requested to have custodian of his children, Abu Bakarr and his immediate elder brother, Abdul Kamara were taken to there father at 10 Sia Tholley street Koidu town, Kono District, were they stayed till the Civil war broke out in Sierra Leone. Abu Bakarr was living with his father, step Mother (Fatmata Bangura), brothers and sisters. Closer to the first may 1992 rebel attact in koidu town, Abu Bakarr and his immediate elder brother of the same mother, Abdul kamara, were sent home to their mother in Kambia for safety. And since then, Abu Bakarr has been with his mother all this while.

Abu Bakarr as a brilliant, promising and God fearing child, he was reserved both by his mother and father to study the Quran, to become an Islamic Leader. And this what his maternal grand father, Alpha Saidu Conteh has been saying to Abu Bakarr's Parents. Alpha Saidu was a season Islamic scholar and Farmer in kambia District. He was highly respected for his visionary words. Many Islamic heads in Kambia District today passed through him. And this Grand father has been telling people about the greatness of Abu Bakarr and his leadership prospect to redeem the family. So for Alpha Saidu Conteh, he always sees Abu Bakarr as a REDEEMER and LEADER. Since then, he put a stop to Abu Bakarr's mother that never to humiliate Abu Bakarr in public, no matter how big a crime he committed.

EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND

Abu Bakarr in 1993-1997 attend the Sierra Leone Muslim Brotherhood (SLMB)Primary school and the Kolenten Secondary school Kambia 1999-2005. With sound result after the International high school exam, the West African Senior School certificate Examination (WASSCE, He proceeded to the Njala University where he graduated with a Honors Bachelor of Science (BSc Hons) degree in Banking and Finance in 2006-2010. He later proceeded to the University of Florence in Italy, where he studied a diploma in Italian culture and conflict mediation and a Master degree in "the Development of Human Resources and the Management of Banks and Insurance agencies" in 2012-2014.

SOCIAL LIFE AND POLITICS

During his days both at the Primary and Secondary school, he was named TETKOLO ( a Temne language word meaning"better things") TETKOLO because he always wins academic trophies for his schools. Abu Bakarr is very friendly and can do any thing to help his friends especially his school mates. So most times, he does take the role of a pupil teacher. And his friends named him ANITO, one of the characters in a book titled "Things fall apart" Abu Bakarr was very good at. And hence he is popularly known as ANITO TETKOLO. Today everyone in Kambia Town knows the ANITO TETKOLO name.

As a very brilliant and hard working young man, he vegetated the idea of forming the first ever child organization called Children coordinatory Body (CCB), later transformedhis to Children Forum Network (CFN) and 2003 he was elected as the First child president in Kambia District. And in the same year, he was asked to represent his school, Kolenten Secondary school in the Sierra Leone house of parliament, where he did extra ordinary and was given a certificate for excellence performance. For this he was hailed within his district. And he was also appointed to represent his District, Kambia District in another annual national child's parliament, where he was also asked to lead the Northern Region child parliamentarians delegation that year. And hence in 2004, he was honored as the most outstanding child activist in the Northern Region of Sierra Leone, by the then Minister of social welfare and Child's Affairs.

With is unique Leadership style, he was nationally crown by his fellow youths in the country as a Younger leader in 2004. And he became a member of the national youth parliament. It was in this parliamentary siting at the Sierra Leone Chamber of parliament that he got the news that his school mates (a group of student from the Arts and Commercial faculties) have consented to make him their HEAD BOY and SENIOR PREFECT candidate for the 2004/2005. And he won the election with 85 percent of the total votes cast. Hence he became the 44 Head BOY of Kolenten Secondary School Kambia. Today, Abu Bakarr Tony's Leadership records is still visible at the school.

With all these laudable leadership records, he was seen by many stake holders as the best for a total transformation of the KAMBIA DISTRIC YOUTHS. 2009 he was elected Chairman of the Kambia District Youth Coordinating Council. A position held for two years before he got appointment from Union Trust Bank Ltd, as Banking Officer.

PROFESSIONAL LIFE

2010 Abu Bakarr Tony was employed by the University of Makeni (UNIMAK) as an Assistance Researcher at the faculty of Commerce and management.And he was declared by the Tertiary Education Commission (TEC) secretary general, Professor Koroma as the youngest Research Assistance of a university in the country by then.

While still in the university of Makeni as a research assistant, he got an appointment also with the Union Trust Bank limited, as a Banking Officer. A position he held till the University of Makeni decided to send him for further studies in Italy in June 2012.