Enid Forde

Enid Rosamund Ayodele Forde
Born23 January 1932
Freetown, Sierra Leone
Died27 January 2010
Alma materFourah Bay College
Northwestern University
OccupationGeographer
Known forFirst Sierra Leonean woman to gain a PhD

Enid Rosamund Ayodele Forde (23 January 1932–27 January 2010[1]) was a Sierra Leonean geographer. She was the first Sierra Leonean woman to gain a PhD, and after her return to Africa from the United States, she chaired the geography department at Fourah Bay College.[2][3]

  1. ^ "Sierra Leone, Civil Births and Deaths, 1802-2016," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QHV-V3D6-Y9F1-6 : 14 March 2022), > image 1154 of 2277; Ministry of Health and Sanitation, Republic of Sierra Leone.
  2. ^ Florence Mugambi, Blazing a trail: Women Africanist PhDs, Northwestern Program of African Studies News and Events, Vol. 30, No. 3 (Spring 2020).
  3. ^ "PAS Alumni: Enid Rosamund Ayodele Forde - Program of African Studies". sites.northwestern.edu. January 21, 2021. Retrieved 2024-02-16.