Mamadou's Restaurant

Momodou Ceesay was born in Gambia, a tiny country in West Africa. In 1983, he traveled to Oklahoma to attend Rogers State College, and later transferred to Oklahoma State University to earn his degree in Hotel and Restaurant management. Momodou began working as a dishwasher in 1983 to work his way through school. “I instantly fell in love with the restaurant business,” Momodou says. “This business is about serving others, and that is something I never get tired of.”