cover image: Group of missionaries, Nigeria, ca. 1933

Group of missionaries, Nigeria, ca. 1933

Photograph of a large group of European missionaries in Nigeria, including one Nigerian gentleman, possibly a hospital doctor or evangelistic worker. Members of the group sit on chairs in a large circle, with a table with bottles at its centre. The image may have been taken at Ama Achara hospital, run by the Methodist Missionary Society (formerly the Primitive Methodist Missionary Society.) This photograph was pasted into one of a series of exercise book albums created by Emily Godfrey, Matron of th Methodist Hospital from 1921 to 1944.
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Authors

Emily Godfrey

Collection
International Mission Photography Archive, ca.1860-ca.1960
DOI
https://doi.org/10.25549/impa-c123-77700
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-CSCNWW20-1-1-3.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/33d95d0a41833572df0794628adb4d04