cover image: Nigerian nurses and child, Nigeria, ca. 1929

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Nigerian nurses and child, Nigeria, ca. 1929

Black and white photograph showing three Nigerian nurses at the ama Achara Hospital run by the Primitive Methodist Missionary Society in southeast Nigeria. The nurses wear white uniforms, white scarves and white shoes. A small child in a smock sits drinking from a metal cup in the centre of the group. This image comes from a photograph collection kept by Emily Godfrey, Matron of the Methodist Hospital at Ama Achara 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-c123-77983
Date published
1925/1935
Dates
1925/1935
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-CSCNWW20-1-7-2-6.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/251c4fa0c1e335fd6f1d0031f44ebe1c

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