[1][2] Bangura is a graduate of Eleanor Roosevelt High School in Greenbelt, Maryland, where he was teammates with fellow professional basketball players Delonte Holland and Eddie Basden.
[3] Bangura moved to St. John's after one season at Monmouth to play for coach Mike Jarvis.
[5] Following his college career, Bangura played professional basketball in the United States with the CBA and USBL and overseas in Portugal, Israel, Spain, Japan, Puerto Rico, Lebanon, Kuwait, Venezuela, and in the Philippines for the Air21 Express.
[citation needed] Bangura was the most consistent member of the Libyan team that finished 11th as the host country in the 2009 FIBA Africa Championship.
[9] Bangura scored a game-high 25 points and grabbed seven rebounds in the opening game against South Africa to send the Libyans into the eighth finals.