Homegrown

Momodou Sabally's Memoirs of his UEP experience is a lively readable narrative. It moves quickly and draws or rather teases the reader forward through three years of ups and downs in the story of the author's coming of age as a scholar in the context of his country's first encounter with university education at home. An absolutely compelling story of great courage imagination and iron-willed determination to reach the highest levels of university education. This story is a must read for anyone seriously interested in the inextricable links between higher education individual achievement and national development. -Dr. Michael J. Larson Saint Mary's University Halifax Canada An honest hilarious and riveting account of the Saint Mary's University Extension Programme. This book is a work of historical significance. - Hassoum Ceesay Historian and Curator of The Gambia National Museum