cover image: Christmas at Ama Achara, Nigeria, 1943

Christmas at Ama Achara, Nigeria, 1943

Black and white photograph showing a group of missionaries at Christmas celebrations in 1943 at the hospital at Ama Achara in southeast Nigeria run by the Methodist Missionary Society. One of the female missionaries holds a dog in her arms. The female missionary that stands on the higher step is M Brazier, in charge of evangelistic work at Ama Achara hospital. The caption to this image reads: "Christmas at Ama Achara 1943. Rev. S Wood (another guest) not on." 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-c123-77943
Date published
1938/1948
Dates
1938/1948
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-CSCNWW20-1-5-75.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/e059d2ec553a145bd1c1b20172043391

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