Black and white photograph showing the Matron of the hospital run by the Methodist Missionary Society, Emily Godfrey, talking to a group of patients at a leper colony run by the mission in Uzuakoli, Nigeria. She holds a book or notebook in her hand, and men gather around to listen to her. Sheets and blankets are placed on a table in the foreground. The caption to this image reads: "Leper colony, Christmas 1934." This photograph was pasted into one of a series of exercise book albums created by Emily Godfrey.
Godfrey, Emily (1884-1978) Hospitals Leprosy Leprosy patients Missionaries, medical Women missionaries Missionary work Primitive Methodist Missionary Society Methodist Missionary Society Group portraits
Time Period
1929/1939
Place
Abia Africa Nigeria Uzuakoli medical facilities: Uzuakoli Leper Colony
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