Women waiting at Ama Achara, Nigeria, ca. 1938

Black and white photograph featuring a group of women waiting around a doorway to the hospital at Ama Achara, southeast Nigeria, which was run by the Methodist Missionary Society in southeast Nigeria. Some women are bare-chested, and others wear patterned blouses. All wear patterned wraps around their waists. A Nigerian nurse in a white uniform and headscarf can be seen in the background, standing next to a male member of staff. One woman holds a magazine whilst she waits. A lady in the foreground of the image has bandages around her foot and shin. Her leg is scarred with an infection, and she has light patches of skin on her upper body. This photograph was pasted into one of a series of exercise book albums created by Emily Godfrey, Matron of the Ama Achara Methodist Hospital.