Gladys Casely-Hayford
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Gladys May Casely-Hayford alias Aquah Laluah was a Gold Coast-born Sierra Leonean writer. She is credited as the first author to write in the Krio language. Wikipedia
Born: May 11, 1904, Axim, Ghana
Died: October 1950 (age 46 years), Freetown, Sierra Leone
Grandparents: William Smith and Joseph de Graft Hayford
Parents: Adelaide Casely-Hayford and J. E. Casely Hayford
Other names: Aquah Laluah