Black and white photograph featuring a Nigerian mother sitting on a wooden chair holding a small baby. She sits in the grounds of the general hospital run at Ituk Mbam in east Nigeria, a facility run by the Methodist Missionary Society. The caption to the image reads: "Mother & Baby (Bura case) Ituk Mbam." This photograph was pasted into one of a series of exercise book albums created by Emily Godfrey, Matron of the Ama Achara Methodist Hospital, also run by the Methodist Missionary Society.
If you're wondering about permissions and what you can do with this item, a good starting point is the "rights information" on this page. See our terms of use for more tips.
Share your story
Has Calisphere helped you advance your research, complete a project, or find something meaningful? We'd love to hear about it; please send us a message.
