| Bai Koblo Pathbana II | |
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| 43rd Paramount Chief of Marampa | |
| Predecessor | Bai Koblo Gbamatti II |
| Successor | Alie Koblo Queen Kabia II |
| Born | 22 September 1912 Marampa, Masimera Chiefdom, Sierra Leone |
| Died | 24 March 1998 Marampa, Masimera Chiefdom, Sierra Leone |
| Burial | Marampa, Masimera Chiefdom, Sierra Leone |
| Spouse | Paramount Chief Madam Ella Koblo Gulama, Hajah Yabome Koblo, and 14 more wives. |
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| House | Pathbana |
| Religion | Catholic |
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Bai Koblo Pathbana II, CBE was a paramount chief and politician in Lunsar, Port Loko District, Sierra Leone. He was crowned the 43rd Paramount Chief of Marampa-Masimera Chiefdom in 1943.[1]
In 1946, he married Ella Gulama, the daughter of Julius Gulama, Paramount Chief of Kaiyamba District and ruler of the largest Mende chiefdom in Sierra Leone. Their marriage was a significant cross-tribal union marriage between an ethnic Temne and an ethnic Mende, the two most powerful clans in Sierra Leone.
Pathbana became a Cabinet Minister without Portfolio in the All People's Congress government led by Siaka Stevens in 1967. The post had been held by his wife Ella in the previous administration of Sir Albert Margai.[2]
He was awarded a Member of the Order of the British Empire MBE and Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE)in the 1969 New Year Honours.
- ^ Day, L. (2 January 2012). Gender and Power in Sierra Leone: Women Chiefs of the Last Two Centuries. Springer. ISBN 9780230337923.
- ^ Sierra Leone Powers Lost