Essi Matilda Forster (12 Satumba 1922 - Agusta 1998) lauya 'yar Ghana ce.Ita ce mace ta farko 'yar asalin Gold Coast (yanzu Ghana) da ta cancanci zama lauya. An haifi Forster ga mahaifinta, George James Christian da mahaifiyarta, Aba Lucy French a Sekondi, Gold Coast akan 12 Satumba 1922. Mahaifinta ya fito daga tsibirin Gabashin Caribbean; Dominica amma ya zauna a garin Sekondi a cikin 1902. Mahaifinta ya dauki kansa a matsayin "dawowar gudun hijira" bayan halartar taron farko na Pan-African Congress wanda aka shirya a London a 1900. Shi ɗan kasuwa ne kuma ƙwararren lauya mai zaman kansa wanda ya wakilci Lardin Yamma a matsayin memba na Majalisar Dokokin Gold Coast daga 1930 zuwa 1940. Mahaifiyar Forster ta fito daga Shama a yankin Yammacin Gabar Gold Coast na lokacin. Forster ta fara karatu a Ingila tun tana da shekaru biyar.A Ingila, an kira ta zuwa Bar a Grey's Inn a cikin Nuwamba 1945. A ranar 15 ga Afrilu 1947, an kira ta zuwa Bar a cikin Gold Coast.