cover image: John, general factotum, Uzuakoli, Nigeria, 1932

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John, general factotum, Uzuakoli, Nigeria, 1932

Black and white photograph of John, a general factotum (or general servant) at the leper colony run by the Primitive Methodist Missionary Society in Uzuakoli, Nigeria. He stands in front of a brick building, next to a bell mounted on a wooden frame. The caption to this image reads: "John - General Factotum Uzuakoli Leper Colony (A Leper.)" This photograph was pasted into one of a series of exercise book albums created by Emily Godfrey, Matron of the Ama Achara Methodist Hospital, also run by the Primitive Methodist Missionary Society.
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Authors

Emily Godfrey

Collection
International Mission Photography Archive, ca.1860-ca.1960
DOI
https://doi.org/10.25549/impa-c123-77756
Date published
1927/1937
Dates
1927/1937
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-CSCNWW20-1-1-102.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/7e37db1bb8ed19c531c99b388ddbcbbb

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