Black and white photograph showing the first dispensary operated by the Primitive Methodist Missionary Society at Ama Achara, Nigeria. A group of three European missionaries and Nigerian men, women and children pose in the shade of the roof of a mud and thatch building. The caption on the reverse of the photograph reads: "First Dispensary at Ama Achara 1923. L to R. Rev. J.H Slater, Mary Anderson. E. Godfrey - L. Leggett." This image comes from a photograph collection kept by Emily Godfrey, Matron of the Methodist Hospital at Ama Achara from 1921 to 1944.
Hospitals Missions Missionaries, medical Dispensaries Missionary work Primitive Methodist Missionary Society Methodist Missionary Society Slater, J.H Anderson, Mary Godfrey, Emily (1884-1978) Group portraits
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