[1] He was educated at Prince of Wales School in Freetown, Sierra Leone and matriculated at Fourah Bay College where he studied philosophy and liberal arts and received a bachelor's degree and master's.
Following a brief career in teaching in local schools in Freetown, he was awarded a fellowship to study at Christ's College, Cambridge where he received an LLB, LLM, and a doctorate in law.
He was subsequently appointed a legal adviser to the Mano River Union and served in this role from 1977 to 1981.
[1] He was subsequently appointed to the high court by the Government of Sierra Leone and served there between 1981 and 1987.
[1] He decided to remain in the United States and he was appointed in 1988 as the David Brennan Endowed Professor in comparative constitutional Law at Akron University.