Long Road to London

Determined to be successful in life, Yolandi escaped from the raging Liberian civil war in West Africa, trekking through the bush for days with his family from his hometown to the capital-city, Monrovia. Having successfully completed a first university degree in Biological Sciences at the local university, young Yolandi decided to further his education abroad. He had to make the difficult choice of travelling to London and leaving behind his lovely Clarissa, who was inseparable from him. He eventually decided to travel to London and study for a master’s degree in business administration (MBA) at the prestigious London School of Economics.

His journey first took him to Accra-Ghana and then to Ouagadougou-Burkina Faso where the real ‘Long Road to London’ commenced in earnest. Leaving behind Mum, Dad, his lovely Clarissa (his fiancée) and all his siblings, Yolandi embarked on a long journey from Ouagadougou in Burkina Faso to the heart of London, not by air but by road.

Will Yolandi successfully set foot in London to pursue his MBA degree? This extraordinary journey by road through the West African Sahel Region to London will leave you spell-bound. This novel will keep you hanging on the edge as you anxiously read the many adventures and the misadventures faced by Yolandi on his Long Road to London.

Lawrence Mensah Akwetey was born in the seaside town of Keta in the Volta Region of Ghana. He trained as a teacher at the Accra Training College, Ghana. He continued his further education at the University of Ghana, Legon, The London School of Accountancy UK and Pace University, New York (USA).He received his MBA and PhD degrees at the Middlesex University Business School, London (UK). Dr Akwetey is also a graduate of the Ghana Military Academy and Training School, Teshie where he was commissioned as a Sub-Lieutenant into the Ghana Navy.

Dr Akwetey is currently a Senior Lecturer and Researcher at the Global Banking School-University of Suffolk-London Greenford campus. He lives in London with his two children, Yvonne, and Michael.

He is the author of Business Administration for Students and Managers and Investment Attraction and Trade Promotion in Economic Development: A Study of Ghana within the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) published by Trafford Publishing USA and Canada respectively. He is also the authorof the novel Tears of Rose.