cover image: Patient lying on bench, Nigeria, ca. 1921

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Patient lying on bench, Nigeria, ca. 1921

Black and white photograph showing a male Nigerian patient lying on a bench, probably at the mission hospital run by the Primitive Methodist Missionary Society at Ama Achara, southeast Nigeria. Three individuals, possibly family members, stand behind the bench: two young men and a woman. This photograph was pasted into one of a series of exercise book albums created by Emily Godfrey, Matron of the Ama Achara Methodist Hospital.
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Authors

Emily Godfrey

Collection
International Mission Photography Archive, ca.1860-ca.1960
DOI
https://doi.org/10.25549/impa-c123-77840
Date published
1916/1926
Dates
1916/1926
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-CSCNWW20-1-2-17.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/0b96f67666cdbcdacd285fe017a25720

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