Lati Hyde-Forster
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14 June 1911
Freetown, British Sierra Leone
Freetown, Sierra Leone
Lati Hyde-Forster | |
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 Lati Hyde-Forster, 1975 | |
| Born | Latilewa Christiana Hyde 14 June 1911 Freetown, British Sierra Leone |
| Died | 12 September 2001 (aged 90) Freetown, Sierra Leone |
| Occupation | Teacher and principal |
| Nationality | British Subject, Sierra Leonean |
| Education | University of Cambridge, Boston College |
Lati Hyde-Forster, MBE (14 June 1911 – 12 September 2001) was the first woman to graduate Fourah Bay College.[1][2] She was also the first African woman school principal in Sierra Leone.[1][2]
Latilewa Christiana Hyde was born on 14 June 1911 in Freetown, British Sierra Leone.[1] She is the daughter of Christiana (née Fraser) and Jonathan Hyde[1][2] Her father was a Methodist Minister and a graduate of Ranmoor College, Sheffield.[2] Her mother was the local postmaster and registrar of births and deaths in Murray Town.[2]
Both of her parents were Krios.[1]
She went to secondary school at Annie Walsh Memorial School.[1] In 1938, she was the first woman to graduate from Fourah Bay College.[1]
She got married in 1947 and became Latilewa Hyde-Forster.[1]
