Gladys May Casely-Hayford onye a na-akpọ Aquah Laluah (11 Mee afọ 1904 Ọktoba afọ 1950) bụ ụsọ oké osimiri ọla edo mụrụ Sierra Leone onye ode akwụkwọ Gold Coast. A na-ekwu na ọ bụ onye edemede mbụ dere n'asụsụ Krio.[1][2][3]
A mụrụ Gladys n'ezinụlọ Casely-Hayford nke Axim, Gold Coast na 11 Mee afọ 1904. Dị ka nwatakịrị, nke a maara mgbe ahụ dị ka Aquah LaLuah, ọ bụ onye na-agụ akwụkwọ nke ukwuu, na-eri ndị dike Charles Kingsley mgbe ọ dị afọ asaa. Ọ nwere ike ịbụ abụ, ịgba egwu, ma dee uri mgbe ọ dị obere. N'ihi ọzụzụ ya, ọ nwere ike ịsụ Bekee, Creole, na Fante (asụsụ nna ya). Ọ gụrụ akwụkwọ praịmarị na sekọndrị na Gold Coast mana n'ihi ihe gbasara ahụike, a kpọgara ya Obodo England, wee gụọ akwụkwọ na Europe, gụnyere na Penrhos College, Colwyn Bay, na Wales, wee soro otu egwu jazz nke Berlin mee njem dị ka onye na-agba egwu.[4][5][4] Ọ gara mba US kwa.[5] Mgbe ọ malitere inwe nkụda mmụọ na afọ 1932 ọ ghaghị ịlaghachi n'ụlọ.[6] Mgbe ọ laghachiri n'ụlọ n'Afrika, ọ kụziri na Girls' Vocational School na Freetown, Sierra Leone, nke nne ya, Adelaide Casely-Hayford, na-elekọta.[3]
Gladys May Casely-Hayford biri na Freetown, Sierra Leone, maka ọtụtụ oge ndụ ya. Ọ kwagara Accra, ebe ezinụlọ nna ya bi, na ebe ọ nwụrụ na afọ 1950 n'ihi oyi ojii.[6]
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