Official Name: | Blama |
Pushpin Map: | Sierra Leone |
Pushpin Label Position: | bottom |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Sierra Leone |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Sierra Leone |
Subdivision Type1: | Province |
Subdivision Name1: | Eastern Province |
Subdivision Type2: | District |
Subdivision Name2: | Kenema District |
Unit Pref: | Imperial |
Population Blank1 Title: | Ethnicities |
Population Blank2 Title: | Religions |
Timezone: | GMT |
Utc Offset: | -5 |
Coordinates: | 8.65°N -15°W |
Blama is a town and the seat of Small Bo Chiefdomhttp://www.sierra-leone.org/chiefdoms.html, Kenema District in the Eastern Province of Sierra Leone. Blama is located on the highway from Bo to Kenema, the largest city in Kenema District and the Eastern Province overall https://web.archive.org/web/20131102144819/http://news.sl/drwebsite/exec/view.cgi?archive=6&num=15611. Blama lies approximately twelve miles to Kenemahttp://sierraleoneii1968-70.blogspot.com/2009/05/blama.html, and about 170 miles south-east of Freetown.
The population Blama is ethnically diverse, though the Mende people are the largest and principal inhabitants.
Blama is home to the Saint Joseph Secondary School and Ahmadiyya Muslim Secondary School, which serves the town and its surrounding areas https://web.archive.org/web/20131102052308/http://www.sierraexpressmedia.com/archives/52931.
The town of Blama is home to the Roman Catholic Primary School for Boys, National Islamic Primary School, New Harvest Primary School https://web.archive.org/web/20131104165608/http://politicosl.com/2013/09/77-%E2%80%98ghost-schools%E2%80%99-delisted-in-eastern-sierra-leone/, and the Sierra Leone Church (SLC) Primary School http://www.thetorchlight.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=4958:executive-director-cord-sierra-leone-debunks-head-teachers-allegation-&catid=36:local-news&Itemid=27.
Professional basketball player Victor Oladipo's father was born and raised in Blama.