cover image: Pregnant young woman and boy, Nigeria, ca. 1932

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Pregnant young woman and boy, Nigeria, ca. 1932

Black and white photograph showing a young Nigerian woman and a smaller boy. The woman is pregnant, and carries a stick with which to walk. The pair is photographed in front of a wood and cloth screen. The photograph would have been taken at the hospital of the Methodist Missionary Society (formerly the Primitive Methodist Missionary Society) at Ama Achara, southeast Nigeria. This photograph was pasted into one of a series of exercise book albums created by Emily Godfrey, Matron of the Ama Achara hospital.
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Authors

Emily Godfrey

Collection
International Mission Photography Archive, ca.1860-ca.1960
DOI
https://doi.org/10.25549/impa-c123-77710
Date published
1927/1937
Dates
1927/1937
Format
Black-and-white photographs
Place Discussed
Abia Africa Nigeria Umuahia medical facilities: Methodist Hospital, Ama Achara
Provider
California Digital Library
Published in
Nigeria
Reference
IMP-CSCNWW20-1-1-18.tif
Rights
Centre for the Study of World Christianity Contact the repository for details. The University of Edinburgh School of Divinity, New College, Mound Place, Edinburgh EH1 2LX, United Kingdom divinity-CSWC@ed.ac.uk http://www.cswc.div.ed.ac.uk/collections/
Source
Digital Public Library of America https://dp.la/item/3f5651b69e2f95b7e937167f4fedd12a

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