cover image: Market, Nigeria, ca. 1938

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Market, Nigeria, ca. 1938

Black and white photograph showing a marketplace in southeast Nigeria. Bowls and wicker baskets can be seen in the foreground of the image, with kernels inside. Vegetables have been placed on the ground for sale. A woman with a wrap around her waist and a head-scarf stands by the stall, and men can be seen in the background. This photograph was pasted into one of a series of exercise book albums created by Emily Godfrey, Matron of the Ama Achara Methodist Hospital, an institution run by the Methodist Missionary Society in southeast Nigeria.
trade women marketplaces general views

Authors

Emily Godfrey

Collection
International Mission Photography Archive, ca.1860-ca.1960
DOI
https://doi.org/10.25549/impa-c123-77932
Date published
1933/1943
Dates
1933/1943
Format
Black-and-white photographs
Place Discussed
Abia Africa Nigeria commercial sites
Provider
California Digital Library
Published in
Nigeria
Reference
IMP-CSCNWW20-1-5-35.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/d3a5f8f7fddf853f8537e24a625ae0bc

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