
In celebration of Black History Month, The African Dream celebrate the life and death of the first elected female member of parliament in Sierra Leone and the first woman to hold a ministerial position in Sub-Saharan Africa. Her name is Queen Ella Koblo Gulama MBE; OBE, MRSL.


Queen Ella Koblo Gulama served as House of Representatives as Paramount Chief Member for Moyamba District for seven years before she was elected a cabinet Minister — the first woman in Sierra Leone and the first in Sub-Saharan Africa to hold a ministerial position. Queen Ella Koblo Gulama became the President of the Federation of Women’s Organization in Sierra Leone from 1960-to 1967.