Madam Lucy Gulama (born 26 September 1896 - 1966) was the wife of Sierra Leonean Paramount Chief

Julius Gulama Julius Momoh Gulama (born Julius Foday Cole, 1893 – 8 March 1951) was a Sierra Leonean paramount chief, statesman and educator in the preindependence era. As paramount chief of Kaiyamba Chiefdom, he ruled the largest and most powerful Mende ch ...

.Tribute to the Honourable PC Ella Koblo Gulama
/ref> Madam Lucy was the matriarch of one of Sierra Leone's most powerful noble families. She is the mother of Paramount Chief Madam

Ella Koblo Gulama Paramount Chief A paramount chief is the English-language designation for the highest-level political leader in a regional or local polity or country administered politically with a chief-based system. This term is used occasionally in ...

and

Komeh Gulama Lansana Komeh Gulama Lansana was the wife of Brigadier David Lansana, Force Commander of the Sierra Leone Army until his execution in 1975. Lansana is the daughter of Paramount Chief Julius Gulama, one of the Founding Fathers of postcolonial Sierra Leo ...

, the widow of Brigadier

David Lansana Brigadier David Lansana (22 March 1922 – 19 July 1975) was the first indigenous armed force commander of the Sierra Leone Military during the colonial era. After Sierra Leone gained independence, he served as Military Attaché to the United St ...

, the late Commander of Sierra Leone's Armed Forces who briefly served as a

military junta A military junta () is a government led by a committee of military leaders. The term ''junta'' means "meeting" or "committee" and originated in the national and local junta organized by the Spanish resistance to Napoleon's invasion of Spain in ...

leader before his removal and subsequent execution after a counter coup in 1975. Her husband Julius Gulama was Paramount Chief of Kaiyamba Chiefdom. He was a beloved and revered figure in Sierra Leone, who is remembered for his efforts to unite the country's various ethnic groups together. He was a passionate advocate of education in Sierra Leone.

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The life and Times of Honourable PC Madam Ella Koblo Gulama of Sierra Leone
By Awareness Times, September 26, 2006

Sierra Connection
No Contender against Margai in Sierra Leone
{{DEFAULTSORT:Gulama, Lucy 1921 births African royalty People from Moyamba District Sierra Leonean nobility Sierra Leonean royalty 1966 deaths