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Black and white photograph featuring a queue of Nigerian children bringing fruit and vegetables to the Ama Achara hospital, a general hospital run by the Methodist Missionary Society in southeast Nigeria. The head of Emily Godfrey, Matron of the Ama Achara hospital, can be seen in the background wearing a large-rimmed hat. Another European female missionary stands at the centre of the photograph wearing a pith helmet. the caption to this image reads: "S[enior] school children bringing fruit etc. to Hospital after Harvest Festival service. This photograph was pasted into one of a series of exercise book albums created by Emily Godfrey, Matron of the Ama Achara Methodist Hospital.
food customs and traditions festivals hospitals religious activities women missionaries missionary work group portraits methodist missionary society primitive methodist missionary society godfrey, emily (1884-1978)

Authors

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Collection
International Mission Photography Archive, ca.1860-ca.1960
DOI
https://doi.org/10.25549/impa-c123-77895
Date published
1933/1942
Dates
1933/1942
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-CSCNWW20-1-4-98.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/cbfbc6a06c147bf6135832e9224c06c6

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