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Honorable Roy Sanneh is a distinguish scholar/renaissance man and former international cricketer from Gambia. Roy was born in the village of sutukung in Nuimi in the Lower River Division in The Gambia. His father was an Islamic scholar and paramount chief of Nuimi Santa Su. When baby Roy was born, 16 blind men came to visit and delivered a prophecy to his proud parents regarding his future endeavors. His parents were both proud and worried that the wicked villagers might plan to kill baby Roy. On a faithful night in December 1981, baby Roy was smuggled in the middle of the night to a place call Tallinding. Due to his Royal lineage, young Roy was assigned three tutors, Alhagie Ba Kawsu was his Islamic tutor, Honourable OJ Baldeh was his tutor in governance, chivalry and elocution. Young Roy was close to all his tutors but his favourite tutor was Ba Idrissa Fofana, he spent more time with the young man teaching him local Gambian wrestling, judoka and other form of martial arts.

By the time he was 7years old, he had already memorized the Quran and was also proficient in Islamic jurisprudence. He was enrolled to Methodist Primary School in Banjul to start his journey in western education. The main reason he was enrolled in that schoool was for him to mingle and understand "ordinary" people. His uncle Mamading Jorbateh once told him that in order to be a good leader, one has to be behind, with and eventually in front of his people to lead them effectively. Whilst at Methodist, he became friends with Secka Baye and Abdul. These three young charming men where known all over Banjul for their quick wit, dazzling boyish look, impeccable manners but can be mischievous at times just like other boys in Banjul in the 1990s.

In 1994 he sat for the common entrance examination and came top of his school with a respectable mark of 378 but instead of applying for the best school at that time(Ndows Comprehensive Middle School), instead he opted for Muslim Middle School because he wanted to remain in Banjul and continue his education there. After two terms in Muslim Middle School, he finally relented to his mum constant persuasion and decided to join Ndows. Coming to a school with a lot of people from similar privilege background and equally gifted was a sigh of relief. At Ndows, he quickly cut the eyes of the girls who found his charming personality and interpersonal skills irresistible. Boys envied and wanted to be him and girls wanted to date him. Whilst at Ndows, he excelled in his academic studies, cricket, basketball and was the captain of the the School's chess team. After finishing his middle school education, he proceeded to Ndows High School. Whilst in High School, he started having a weekly column in the now defunct Daily Observer in this native country. At the age of 17, he was selected by Coach Curtis to represent The Gambia cricket team that had a tour of East Africa. Even though the team lost all their matches against Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania, young Roy showed great leadership and maturity with some dazzling displays. He graduated from high school magna cum laude the following year.