Black and white photograph showing a group of missionaries at Christmas celebrations in 1943 at the hospital at Ama Achara in southeast Nigeria run by the Methodist Missionary Society. One of the female missionaries holds a dog in her arms. The female missionary that stands on the higher step is M Brazier, in charge of evangelistic work at Ama Achara hospital. The caption to this image reads: "Christmas at Ama Achara 1943. Rev. S Wood (another guest) not on." This photograph was pasted into one of a series of exercise book albums created by Emily Godfrey, Matron of the Ama Achara Methodist Hospital.
Customs and traditions Missionary work Missionaries Christmas Festivals Dogs Primitive Methodist Missionary Society Methodist Missionary Society Group portraits
Time Period
1938/1948
Place
Abia Africa Nigeria Umuahia medical facilities: Methodist Hospital, Ama Achara
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