Gulama, Ella Koblo, 1921-2006

found: The life and times of paramount chief Madam Ella Koblo Gulama MBE; OBE, MRSL, 2003:p.9 (b. 1921)

found: Dictionary of African Biography, accessed December 21, 2014, via Oxford African American Studies Center database:(Gulama, Ella Koblo; political figure, legislator; born 26 January 1921 in Sierra Leone; enrolled at the Women Teachers Training College in the capital city (1939-1941); job with the Ministry of Education as supervising teacher for the Southern Province, the first woman from the provinces to hold that position; father arranged for her to marry Paramount Chief; won the election for Paramount Chief (1953-1975); contested and won one of the seats reserved for Paramount chiefs in the House of Representatives (1957); the first and only woman in Sierra Leone in the national legislative body (1957-1961); appointed minister of state, making her the first female cabinet minister in West Africa (1963); was deposed as Paramount chief (1975) and held at a thirty-three-month prison detention; won the chieftaincy elections in Kaiyamba (1992-2006); was honored by the president for her outstanding contributions to the country with the award of Member of the Order of the Rokel (MRSL) (2001), in addition to the Member of the British Empire (MBE) and Officer of the British Empire (OBE) awards, which she had received earlier from Queen Elizabeth II (1956 and 1966); died 2006 in place unknown)

found: Wikipedia, April 10, 2019(Ella Koblo Gulama; born Moyamba, British Sierra Leone; died 10 September 2006, Moyamba, Sierra Leone, age 85; attended Fourah Bay College; she was ethnic Mende, her husband Temne; spoke fluent English, Mende, Temne, and Sherbro; member of the Sierra Leone People's Party (SLPP) which her father helped establish; president of the Federation of Women's Organisations in Sierra Leone 1960-1967)