 He began working as a teacher in Kristi Kunda in January 1949, and became its head teacher afterwards.But he resigned in 1959 and stand successfully as an independent candidate with the support from the Gambian Democratic Party in Kantoura constituency in the 1960 House of Representatives election.Camara was later appointed by Governor Sir Edward Henry Windley to the Executive Council as a minister without portfolio and held that position until 1961, when he was appointed as Minister of Education after the appointment of Pierre Sarr N'Jie as chief minister.