Official Name: | Gbap |
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: | Southern Province |
Subdivision Type2: | District |
Subdivision Name2: | Bonthe District |
Unit Pref: | Imperial |
Population Blank1 Title: | Ethnicities |
Population Blank2 Title: | Religions |
Timezone: | GMT |
Utc Offset: | -5 |
Coordinates: | 7.3764°N -12.2617°W |
Gbap is a small rural fishing town in Nongoba Bullom Chiefdom, Bonthe District in the Southern Province of Sierra Leone. The town is mainly inhabited by the Sherbro people. Gbap is the traditional home of the Sherbro Tuckers Family, descendants of an English slave trader and a Sherbro princess. It is also the birthplace of Patricia Kabbah (who is also one of the Sherbro Tuckers and the niece of Peter L. Tucker), former First Lady of Sierra Leone and wife of Ahmad Tejan Kabbah, Sierra Leone's 3rd President.