cover image: The Niger River, Nigeria, 1950

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The Niger River, Nigeria, 1950

1950

"An hour later we are flying over the mighty Niger with a great river steamer just visible as a plumed speck." An aerial view of the Niger river. This photograph comes from an album that recounts Eldred Echols and Boyd Reese's visit to Nigeria in 1950. The Lawrence Avenue Church of Christ in Nashville, Texas asked the two missionaries to visit Nigeria and report on an emerging indigenous Christian movement whose leader participated in a Bible correspondence course run by the Tennessee congregation. Upon their arrival, the missionaries found several thousand Christians led by Coolidge Akpan Okon Essien, from the Efik tribe in Eastern Nigeria, whose doctrine and practice were similar to that of American Churches of Christ.
rivers aerial views

Authors

Eldred Echols and Boyd Reese

Collection
International Mission Photography Archive, ca.1860-ca.1960
DOI
https://doi.org/10.25549/impa-c123-91624
Dates
1950
Format
Photographs
Pages
photographic print, 6.5 x 9 cm.
Place Discussed
Africa Nigeria
Provider
California Digital Library
Published in
Nigeria
Reference
IMPA-ACU-WB-9-1-093.tif
Rights
Abilene Christian University. Brown Library. Milliken Special Collections Contact address or phone given here. Special Collections and Archives, Brown Library, Abilene Christian University, Box 29208, Abilene, TX 79699-9208; 325-674-2348 ask@acu.libanswers.com
Source
Digital Public Library of America https://dp.la/item/bc24086ca54fd8dbee1978d9b11acf85

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