cover image: Christian convert and family, Nigeria, ca. 1932

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Christian convert and family, Nigeria, ca. 1932

Black and white photograph printed onto a postcard showing a Nigerian man in a light Western style suit, holding a cane. He sits on the arm of a chair, where his wife sits with their young child on her knee. His wife wears a light Western style smart dress with a hat and a string of pearls. Their baby is dressed in white. This photograph was pasted into one of a series of exercise book albums created by Emily Godfrey, Matron of the Ama Achara Methodist Hospital, a Methodist Missionary Society facility in southeast Nigeria.
women infants marriage men families groups married people christian converts group portraits

Authors

Emily Godfrey

Collection
International Mission Photography Archive, ca.1860-ca.1960
DOI
https://doi.org/10.25549/impa-c123-77822
Date published
1927/1937
Dates
1927/1937
Format
Black-and-white photographs
Place Discussed
Africa Nigeria populated places
Provider
California Digital Library
Published in
Nigeria
Reference
IMP-CSCNWW20-1-1-231.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/14b1cd81a0b1c81360d5da8070df746c

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