Ama Achara Christmas celebration, Nigeria, 1938

Black and white photograph showing a scene at the Christmas celebration held at Ama Achara in 1938. A group of Nigerian patients and staff sit on wooden benches around the courtyard of the hospital. Men sit separately from women. A wooden cot with a baby inside is in the centre of the courtyard. A European female missionary sits on a wooden char to one side. A banner on the veranda of the hospital reads: "A MERRY CHRISTMAS TO ALL." This photograph was pasted into one of a series of exercise book albums created by Emily Godfrey, Matron of the Ama Achara Methodist Hospital.