A Heart of a Warrior

By Festus Mansaray

This book is about my journey and struggle from Sierra Leone to England. My dreams of becoming a professional footballer faded away then in my mid-twenties when I found out about my heart condition. Due to the thickening of my heart muscles, I had to completely forget about becoming a professional footballer. I had to find another dream, so I became interested in business. With the help of my good friend and business partner, Mr Joseph Majik, who taught me all I needed to know about business both theoretically and practically, I went and tried to open my first business, which was a gym for people with disabilities. Unfortunately, I was not experienced enough, and I did not have all the necessary things needed. Also, according to my SWOT analysis, my weakness was that it was an outdoor training gym, and also I had to use the park to train my clients, so this business did not materialise. After a couple of months, Joseph and I combined our entrepreneurial knowledge to establish ACF Sports Management Limited Company.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Xlibris UK
• Release date: Apr 20, 2015
• ISBN: 9781499096798

Festus Mansaray

Mr Festus Mansaray was born on 19 May 1990 in Sierra Leone.Came to the UK on 27 January 2004 to join his parents, and attended secondary school at St Michael’s Roman Catholic School in Bermondsey. Been on trials with Watford Football Club, Leicester City Football Club, and ADO Den Haag Football Club (Holland). played first team football for Hendon Football Club and made his debut in the FA Cup. Currently, he his the founder and director of ACF Sports Management Limited and also an ambassador for the All People’s Party (a political party fighting for equality at the top) and also a Junior Consultant at JT Clarke London Property Management.His entrepreneurial skills and knowledge expanded more when he was invited at Cambridge Judge Business School to further and also expand his entrepreneurial knowledge both theoretically and practically

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A

HEART

of a WARRIOR

FESTUS MANSARAY

Copyright © 2015 by Festus Mansaray.

ISBN:      Softcover       978-1-4990-9678-1

                eBook            978-1-4990-9679-8

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Contents

Acknowledgements

Synopsis

I want to dedicate this book to all those who wanted to chase a specific dream but could not achieve it due to any health issues, especially those with heart conditions. I also dedicate this to my family (especially my grandmother), my friends, my business partner Mr Joseph Majik, my very good friends Mr Charlie Kawalie and Mr Niall Fredrick, and my former head teacher Mr Martin Tissot. A special thank-you goes to Mr Marlon Robinson for his effort, time, dedication, and belief in me. He was the man behind my success. He dedicated his time and energy in order for me to achieve my dreams of becoming a professional footballer (I did not achieve that dream though). He has been my football mentor since the age of fourteen in 2004. I would personally like to thank everyone and those whom I forgot to mention in the book. Thank you.

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

I would like to personally thank everyone who supported me throughout my journey, my family, especially my brothers, my mum, my grandmother, my uncle Mr James Bella Kamara, and my auntie Mrs Mary Bella Kamara. I would also like to thank Mr Charlie Kawalie, my good friend; Mr Martin Tissot, my former head teacher at St Michael’s Roman Catholic School in Bermondsey; Mr Niall Fredrick, my business partner; Mr Joseph Majik, who taught me all I needed to know about business; Mr Marlon Robinson, my football mentor who has been my mentor and coach since I was fourteen years old in 2004; the UCKG church in Peckham and GCIM church at Ilderton Road; the entire staff of Aytun Vocational College London; and the staff who helped me at St Thomas Hospital. I would also like to thank everyone whom I forgot to mention in this book.

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Festus Mansaray when he was a baby in Lunsar (Sierra Leone).

My name is Festus Alhaji Foday Mansaray, and I was born on 19 May 1990 in Lunsar, a small town in Sierra Leone. When I was two years old, my mother left for the UK to improve her life, and when I was four years old, my dad left for the UK as well and stayed with my mother to improve their lives, to help the lives of our