| Madam Ella Koblo-Gulama OBE, GCOR | |
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| Paramount Chief of Kaiyamba Chiefdom, Moyamba District | |
| Reign | 1953–2006 |
| Predecessor | Julius Momoh Gulama |
| Successor | Momoh Foday Gulama |
| Born | 26 January 1921 Moyamba, British Sierra Leone |
| Died | 9 September 2006 (aged 85) Moyamba, Sierra Leone |
| Burial | Moyamba, Sierra Leone |
| Spouse | Bai Koblo Pathbana II |
| Issue | Francis Obai Kabia Alex Soccoh Kabia |
| House | Gulama |
| Father | Julius Momoh Gulama |
| Mother | Lucy Gulama |
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Paramount Chief Ella Koblo Gulama OBE, GCOR (26 January 1921 – 9 September 2006)[1] was a Sierra Leonean paramount chief and politician. In 1957, she became the first elected female Member of Parliament in Sierra Leone. [citation needed] 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. [citation needed]
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.[1]
- ^ a b The life and Times of Honourable PC Ella Koblo Gulama of Sierra Leone Archived 19 January 2008 at the Wayback Machine Awareness Times, 26 September 2006