cover image: Girl in traditional outfit, Nigeria, ca. 1936

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Girl in traditional outfit, Nigeria, ca. 1936

Black and white photograph showing a young Nigerian girl wearing a patterned traditional outfit at the hospital at Ama Achara run by the Methodist Missionary Society. She wears a wrap around her waist, a matching shirt and a head-wrap (or "gele") in the same fabric. 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-c123-77898
Date published
1931/1941
Dates
1931/1941
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-CSCNWW20-1-4-113.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/fab770bec2f328083673824c27d8dff3

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