Archives, Manuscripts and Rare Books Division, The Library, SOAS, Thornhaugh Street, Russell Square, London WC1H 0XG, United Kingdom Trustees for Methodist Church Purposes University of London. School of Oriental and African Studies. Library docenquiry@soas.ac.uk http://www.soas.ac.uk/library/archives/services/
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"The 12 apostles at Abajekute." [possibly Abeokute, Nigeria]. Group portrait of twelve men outdoors wearing indigenous and western clothing. People look on in background. Methodist Missionary work in West Africa had begun in 1811 with Coke's mission to Sierra Leone. A second station was opened on the River Gambia in 1821, and on the Gold Coast in 1834.
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