Black and white photograph showing a scene at the Ama Achara hospital at Christmas in 1938. A cot has been placed in the hospital grounds, in which small children sit. A female missionary, Miss Holgate, is dressed as Father Christmas, and stands in the centre of the group. A table has been set up with flowers, behind which stands a Nigerian staff member, and two European missionaries can be seen in the background wearing pith helmets, each caring for a Nigerian child patient. 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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Time Period
1933/1943
Place
Abia Africa Nigeria Umuahia medical facilities: Methodist Hospital, Ama Achara
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