Image of Ma Eme seated in front of a building. She is seated in the foreground wearing a long pink robe and feather hat. Behind her stand two boys. Ma Eme of Ekenge was the sister of Chief Edem of Ekenge and also the widow of a chief. Ma Eme became a friend of Mary Slessor, the Scottish missionary, and often helped her in her work rescuing babies, women and slaves.
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