Black and white photograph showing Nigerian women preparing yams for a feast at the opening of the Methodist Church in Ikot Ekpene, Awka Ibom state, in December 1933. The women peel the skins from the yams, whilst a small crowd watches them. The caption to this image reads: "Preparing food for African visitors to Church opening." This photograph was pasted into one of a series of exercise book albums created by Emily Godfrey, Matron of the Ama Achara Methodist Hospital, run by the Methodist Missionary Society.
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