Black and white photograph showing a group of students and staff at the Ovim Girls' School, run by the Methodist Missionary Society in southeast Nigeria. Students wear their own clothes rather than a uniform. Most teachers are Nigerian women, although two European missionaries can be seen in the photograph. This photograph was pasted into one of a series of exercise book albums created by Emily Godfrey, Matron of the Ama Achara Hospital, also run by the Methodist Missionary Society.
Education Religious education Missionary work Primitive Methodist Missionary Society Methodist Missionary Society Students Teachers Schools Group portraits
Time Period
1929/1939
Place
Abia Africa Nigeria Ovim educational facilities: Ovim Girls' School
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