cover image: Leper colony group, Nigeria, 1934

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Leper colony group, Nigeria, 1934

Black and white photograph showing a group of leprosy patients visited during Christmas 1934 by Emily Godfrey, the Matron of the Ama Achara Methodist Hospital, southeast Nigeria, run by the Methodist Missionary Society. The leper colony was based in the town of Uzuakoli. This photograph was pasted into one of a series of exercise book albums created by Emily Godfrey.
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Authors

Emily Godfrey

Collection
International Mission Photography Archive, ca.1860-ca.1960
DOI
https://doi.org/10.25549/impa-c123-77724
Date published
1929/1939
Dates
1929/1939
Format
Black-and-white photographs
Place Discussed
Abia Africa Nigeria Uzuakoli medical facilities: Uzuakoli Leper Colony
Provider
California Digital Library
Published in
Nigeria
Reference
IMP-CSCNWW20-1-1-41.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/c5a8f9102ef00cd5b9f46f9b8ba08990

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