cover image: Miss Godfrey with a patient at Ama Achara dispensary, Nigeria, 1922

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Miss Godfrey with a patient at Ama Achara dispensary, Nigeria, 1922

Copy of a black and white photograph showing the dispensary at the Methodist Hospital at Ama Achara, southeast Nigeria, run by the Primitive Methodist Missionary Society. A female missionary, Miss Godfrey, stands outside the mud and thatch building, with a group of Nigerian men, women and children. The caption reads: "Herald, Oct 22. Miss Godfrey with a patient at Ama Achara dispensary." This image comes from a photograph collection kept by Emily Godfrey, Matron of the Methodist Hospital from 1921 to 1944.
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Authors

Unknown

Collection
International Mission Photography Archive, ca.1860-ca.1960
DOI
https://doi.org/10.25549/impa-c123-77995
Date published
1916/1926
Dates
1916/1926
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-CSCNWW20-1-7-2-15.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/ff99f784808ba94fc82122cf7fcebb62

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