cover image: Smiling patient, Nigeria, ca. 1938

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Smiling patient, Nigeria, ca. 1938

Black and white photograph showing a male patient of the Ama Achara hospital in southeast Nigeria, run by the Methodist Missionary Society in southeast Nigeria. The man sits next to a small river or stream. The man has hair in irregular clumps on his head, and he wears a patterned wrap around his waist. This photograph was pasted into one of a series of exercise book albums created by Emily Godfrey, Matron of the Ama Achara Methodist Hospital.
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Authors

Emily Godfrey

Collection
International Mission Photography Archive, ca.1860-ca.1960
DOI
https://doi.org/10.25549/impa-c123-77921
Date published
1933/1943
Dates
1933/1943
Format
Black-and-white photographs
Place Discussed
Abia Africa Nigeria Umuahia medical facilities: Methodist Hospital, Ama Achara
Provider
California Digital Library
Published in
Nigeria
Reference
IMP-CSCNWW20-1-5-29.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/63d6af4fec66e61d178ae2113b094217

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