Ella Koblo Gulama
| Ella Koblo Gulama | |
|---|---|
| Paramount Chief of Kaiyamba Chiefdom, Moyamba District | |
| Reign | 1953–2006 |
| Predecessor | Paramount Chief Julius Gulama |
| Successor | unknown |
| Born |
January 26, 1921 Moyamba, Sierra Leone |
| Died | September 10, 2006 (aged 85) Moyamba, Sierra Leone |
| Burial | Moyamba, Sierra Leone |
| Spouse | Paramount Chief Bai Koblo Pathbana II |
| Issue | F.Obai Kabia, Soccoh Kabia |
| House | Gulama |
| Father | Paramount Chief Julius Gulama |
| Mother | Lucy |
Ella Koblo Gulama (January 26, 1921 – September 10, 2006) was a Sierra Leonean paramount chief and politician. In 1957, she became the first elected female Member of Parliament in Sierra Leone and all of Sub-Saharan Africa. She was re-elected in 1962. During the government of Milton Margai, Gulama became Sierra Leone and sub-Saharan Africa's first female Cabinet Minister.
Gulama represented Sierra Leone abroad and her travels took her all over Africa, Europe, North America and the Middle East. In 1957 as a guest of the State Department, she toured the United States for 4 months during which she met with Vice President Richard Nixon.
On January 21, 1921, Gulama was born into one of Sierra Leone's most powerful families in the town of Moyamba, Moyamba District in the Southern Province of Sierra Leone. Her mother was Lucy Gulama and her father Paramount Chief Julius Gulama were both ethnic Mendes. Like his father, Paramount Chief Momoh Gulama, Julius was Paramount Chief of Kaiyamba Chiefdom. Gulama's sister Komeh would marry Brigadier David Lansana, Commander of Sierra Leone's Armed Forces. She had two half-sisters, Messie Gulama and Yebu Gulama by one of her father's junior wives Lunia.
Ella was educated at the Harford School for Girls in Moyamba, and the Women Teacher's College, then at Fourah Bay College in Freetown.
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