#MANDINKA SHIEKH OMAR JARJUSEY, AN ISLAMIC SCHOLAR AND TEACHER AT TALLING ARABIC SCHOOL FROM JARRA SOMA EXPLAINED HIS 5 YEARS JOURNEY BY ROAD TO SAUDI ARABIA FOR HAJJ 1951 TO 1962 WHEN HE RETURN BACK HOME TO HIS VILLAGE IN THE GAMBIA. AT AGE 15 YEARS HE WAS SENT TO JARRA BURRENG WHERE HE STARTED HIS ISLAMIC EDUCATION UNDER ONE ALAHAGIE MA-SEIFU FOR ABOUT 6YEARS BEFORE EMBARKING ON THE JOURNEY TO MECCA. HE STARTED HIS JOURNEY FROM ZIGUNICHOR SOUTHERN SENEGAL THE TO KOLDA AND TAMBA KUNDA THEN TO KAI REGION IN MALI THEN TO BAMAKO TO IVERYCOAST, GHANA,NIGERIA,CHAD,SUDAN,EGYPT THEN SAUDI ARABIA. DURING THIS JOURNEY HE DID SEVERAL JOBS ALONG THE JOURNEY TO EARN MONEY FOR HIS JOURNEY. UPON ARRIVAL TO SAUDI ARABIA HE SPENT 5 YEARS THERE AFTER PERFORMING HAJJ TO GAIN ISLAMIC EDUCATION BEFORE RETURNING HOME BY FLIGHT TO THE GAMBIA. MASHALLAH OUR ELDERS HAVE REALLY STRIVE TO THE SUCESS OF ISLAM IN THE SENEGAMBIA REGION.