Black and white photograph showing a piece of ground at Ama Achara in preparation for building a hospital for the Methodist Missionary Society. Five male Nigerian workers can be seen in the background of the image. Another male worker climbs up a palm tree to ready for its demolition. The caption to this image reads: "Clearing ground in preparation for building Hospital. Cutting down Palm tree." This photograph was pasted into one of a series of exercise book albums created by Emily Godfrey, Matron of the Ama Achara Methodist Hospital.
Building Hospitals Palms Missionary settlements Health services Construction engineering Building operations Primitive Methodist Missionary Society Methodist Missionary Society Exterior views
Time Period
1916/1926
Place
Abia Africa Nigeria Umuahia medical facilities: Methodist Hospital, Ama Achara
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