cover image: Father Christmas, Nigeria, 1934

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Father Christmas, Nigeria, 1934

Black and white photograph of a Nigerian man dressed in a flowered robe wearing a false beard made of wool. He stands next to a plant in a large pot. The man could be a member of staff at the Ama Achara Hospital, run by the Methodist Missionary Society (formerly the Primitive Methodist Missionary Society) in Ama Achara, southeast Nigeria. 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-c123-77715
Date published
1929/1939
Dates
1929/1939
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-CSCNWW20-1-1-30.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/4af8e9a9d25180075a354c55a6ef88de

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