Black and white photograph showing three Nigerian nurses working at the leper colony in Uzuakoli, southeast Nigeria, run by the Primitive Methodist Missionary Society. The nurses all suffer from leprosy. They are photographed next to the leper colony bell. The caption to this image reads: "Three nurses (Lepers.)" This photograph was pasted into one of a series of exercise book albums created by Emily Godfrey, Matron of the Ama Achara Methodist Hospital, also run by the Primitive Methodist Missionary Society.
Missionary work Health services Hospitals Nursing Nurses Leprosy Missions to leprosy patients Primitive Methodist Missionary Society Methodist Missionary Society Group portraits
Time Period
1927/1937
Place
Abia Africa Nigeria Uzuakoli medical facilities: Uzuakoli Leper Colony
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