According to a DNA analysis, his ancestries are, mainly, Temne and Mende people of Sierra Leone.
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Although most often affiliated with the Mende, these societies are exist widely in the ethnic groups of Sierra Leone including in the Temne, the Kono, the Vai, and Bullom languages communities.
The largest ethnic group in Sierra Leone (2008) is that of the Mel-speaking Temne people, 35% of the population.
He is the son of one of the most famous women leaders in the history of Sierra Leone, Paramount Chief Madam Ella Koblo Gulama, an ethnic Mende from Moyamba District and Paramount Chief Bai Koblo Pathbana II, an ethnic Temne from Lunsar, Port Loko District.