Lati Hyde-Forster | |
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Born | Latilewa Christiana Hyde 14 June 1911 Freetown, British Sierra Leone |
Died | 12 September 2001 Freetown, Sierra Leone | (aged 90)
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]
In 1947, Hyde-Forster was a senior teacher at Methodist Girls High School in Gambia. [1]
In 1961, she returned to Annie Walsh Memorial School as Vice-Principal and in 1961 became the first black female principal in Sierra Leone. [1]
Hyde-Forster received an MBE for her services to education and the community. [1]