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DOI: 10.25549/impa-c123-77788
title: Picnicking near Ifa, Nigeria, ca. 1934

description: Black and white photograph showing four European female missionaries from the Methodist Missionary Society on a picnic by a roadside near to Ifa, Abia state, southeast Nigeria. The caption to this image reads: "Miss Richardson, Miss Shepherd, Miss Roberts, Miss Love picnicking near Ifa." 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.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-c123-77789
title: Opening of Ikot Ekpene church, Nigeria, 1933

description: Black and white photograph of the opening of the Methodist Church in the town of Ikot Ekpene, in the Akwa-Ibom state of Nigeria in December 1933. A group of dignitaries, including the Lieutenant Governor of the Southern Provinces of Nigeria, Captain Walter Buchanan Smith, stand in the church doorway. Spectators stand on either side of the entrance path into the church. The caption to this photograph reads: "Opening of Ikot Ekpene Church, December 1934." However, the church was opened in December 1933. Ikot Ekpene is and was a commercial centre, exporting palm oil, palm kernels and raffia around the world. This photograph was pasted into one of a series of exercise book albums created by Emily Godfrey, Matron of the Ama Achara Methodist Hospital, a facility in southeast Nigeria run by the Methodist Missionary Society.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-c123-77790
title: Rev. W Groves hands key to Lieut. Governor, Nigeria, 1933

description: Black and white photograph of the opening ceremony for the Methodist Church at Ikot Ekpene, in Akwa-Ibom state, Nigeria, in December 1933. Reverend W Groves hands the key to the church to Lieutenant Governor of the Southern Provinces of Nigeria, Captain Walter Buchanan-Smith. 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.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-c123-77791
title: Lieutenant governor speaking, Ikot Ekpene, Nigeria, 1933

description: Black and white photograph showing the opening ceremony at the Methodist Church in Ikot Ekpene, Nigeria. A Nigerian gentleman stands with a piece of paper and speaks at the entrance to the church. Two men in white uniforms also stand in the entrance wearing white uniforms, and Reverend W Groves stands next to a church arch. Two Nigerian young men in scout uniforms stand next to the entrance to the church. Nigerian soldiers and European clergy watch the speech. The Lieutenant Governor of Southern Provinces of Nigeria, Captain Walter Buchanan-Smith, opened the church in December 1933. Captain Buchanan-Smith stands next to the Nigerian speaker. This photograph was pasted into one of a series of exercise book albums created by Emily Godfrey, Matron of the Ama Achara Methodist Hospital in southeast Nigeria run by the Methodist Missionary Society.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-c123-77792
title: European attendees at church opening, Nigeria, 1933

description: Black and white photograph showing a group of European attendees at the opening of the Methodist Church in Ikot Ekpene, Nigeria, in December 1933. The church was opened by the Lieutenant Governor of the Southern Provinces of Nigeria, Captain Walter Buchanan-Smith. The caption to the photograph reads: "European Govt. officials, Traders & Missionaries present at Opening Ceremonies." 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.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-c123-77793
title: Feasting at church opening, Nigeria, 1933

description: Black and white photograph of feasting at the opening of the Methodist Church at Ikot Ekpene, Nigeria, in 1933. Nigerian women and children stand in a mission compound yard, and bowls and fire-wood can be seen on the ground. The Methodist Church at Ikot Ekpene was opened on 16 December, 1933. This photograph was pasted into one of a series of exercise book albums created by Emily Godfrey, Matron of the Ama Achara Methodist Hospital, which was run by the Methodist Missionary Society.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-c123-77794
title: Preparing food for African visitors to church opening, Nigeria, 1933

description: 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.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-c123-77708
title: E.G and Baby Peter, Nigeria, ca. 1934

description: Black and white photograph showing Emily Godfrey, Matron of the hospital at Ama Achara run by the Primitive Methodist Missionary Society. She puts her arm around one of her charges, Baby Peter, who sits on the steps of the hospital. This photograph was pasted into one of a series of exercise book albums created by Emily Godfrey.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-c123-77795
title: Preparing fu fu (native food), Nigeria, 1933

description: Black and white photograph of a group of Nigerian men preparing fufu. Fufu is a staple food in west and central Africa, and is made from boiled starchy vegetables like cassava, plantain or yams ground into a dough. The men sit with large wooden pestles and mortars, grinding the boiled vegetables. The caption to this image reads: "Preparing fu fu (native food.)" 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.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-c123-77796
title: African acrobat, Nigeria, ca. 1933

description: Black and white photograph showing an African acrobat in a village who poses at the top of a wooden pole. The caption to this photograph reads: "African acrobat - in great demand on festival days." The image may have been taken at the opening of the Methodist Church at Ikot Ekpene in December 1933. 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.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-c123-77797
title: Dr Innes and Emily Godfrey, Nigeria, 1931

description: Black and white photograph showing Primitive Methodist Missionary Society medical missionaries Emily Godfrey and Dr Innes sitting on the footboard of a car with a convertible roof. Emily Godfrey was the Matron of the Primitive Methodist Missionary Society hospital at Ama Achara, Abia state, Nigeria. The caption to this image reads: "Dr Innes & E.G - 1st car to reach Bende on Bende-Umu Ahia road, 1931." Bende is also in Abia state. This photograph was pasted into one of a series of exercise book albums created by Emily Godfrey.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-c123-77798
title: Ovim Girls' School staff, Nigeria, ca. 1931

description: Black and white photograph of Miss Mason and Miss Lawrence, staff at the Girls' School at Ovim in Abia state, southeast Nigeria, run by the Primitive Methodist Missionary Society (later the Methodist Missionary Society.) 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 Primitive Methodist Missionary Society.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-c123-77799
title: Christmas party, Ovim, Nigeria, 1928

description: Black and white photograph showing a group of missionaries from the Primitive Methodist Missionary Society at their Christmas party, held at the Girls' School that they ran at Ovim, southeast Nigeria. Emily Godfrey, the Matron of the hospital at Ama Achara run by the mission, can be seen sitting second to left, on the middle row. Reverend Frederick Greenwell (based at Ovim) stands at the far right on the back row. This photograph was pasted into one of a series of exercise book albums created by Emily Godfrey.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-c123-77800
title: Grace and Felicia, Nigeria, ca. 1934

description: Black and white photograph of two small girls dressed in smocks at Ama Achara Methodist Hospital, a facility run by the Methodist Missionary Society in southeast Nigeria. The caption to this image reads: "Grace and Felicia motherless babes brought up from birth, at our hospital. Grace had lain 2 days with mother's dead body, before being brought here. Left for Lagos June 1936." This photograph was pasted into one of a series of exercise book albums created by Emily Godfrey, Matron of the Ama Achara Methodist Hospital.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-c123-77801
title: Baby Elizabeth, Nigeria, ca. 1935

description: Black and white photograph showing a patient at Ama Achara Methodist Hospital near Umuahia, Abia state, Nigeria. The patient is a small Nigerian girl, about one year of age, who wears a white smock and stands on a woven mat in hospital grounds. The caption to this image reads: "Baby Elizabeth born July 1934." This photograph was pasted into one of a series of exercise book albums created by Emily Godfrey, Matron of the Ama Achara Methodist Hospital.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-c123-77709
title: Emily Godfrey and baby, Nigeria, ca. 1937

description: Black and white photograph of nurse Emily Godfrey, who worked for the Methodist Missionary Society (formerly the Primitive Methodist Missionary Society) as the Matron of  their hospital in Ama Achara, Nigeria, from 1921 to 1944. She stands in the hospital courtyard and holds a small baby in her arms. This photograph was pasted into one of a series of exercise book albums created by Emily Godfrey.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-c123-77802
title: Elizabeth's brother Okon Efron, Nigeria, 1935

description: Black and white photograph showing a baby lying on a pillow in the grounds of Ama Achara Methodist Hospital, run by the Methodist Missionary Society in southeast Nigeria. The caption to this image reads: "Elizabeth brother Okon Efron Sept 28 / 1935." This photograph was pasted into one of a series of exercise book albums created by Emily Godfrey, Matron of the Ama Achara Methodist Hospital.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-c123-77803
title: E.G on veranda, Ama Achara, Nigeria, ca. 1934

description: Black and white photograph showing Methodist Missionary Society missionary Emily Godfrey sitting on the veranda of the hospital run by the mission (of which she was Matron from 1921 to 1944) at Ama Achara, southeast Nigeria. This photograph was pasted into one of a series of exercise book albums created by Emily Godfrey.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-c123-77804
title: Banham Memorial Church, Port Harcourt, Nigeria, ca. 1934

description: Black and white photograph of the Banham Memorial Church at Port Harcourt, Calabar, southeast Nigeria, a brick built church. This photograph was pasted into one of a series of exercise book albums created by Emily Godfrey, Matron of the Ama Achara Methodist Hospital, southeast Nigeria, which was run by the Methodist Missionary Society.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-c123-77805
title: Dr Savage on steps, Ama Achara, Nigeria, ca. 1934

description: Black and white photograph showing Dr Savage, a doctor at the hospital at Ama Achara run by the Methodist Missionary Society. He sits on the steps of the hospital, which was in southeast Nigeria. The caption to the image reads: "Dr Savage (now FRCS) on steps of Ama Achara." F.R.C.S stands for "Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons." This photograph was pasted into one of a series of exercise book albums created by Emily Godfrey, Matron of the Ama Achara Methodist Hospital.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-c123-77806
title: Group at church opening, Ikot Ekpene area, Nigeria, ca. 1933

description: Black and white photograph showing a large group of Nigerian villagers at a church opening in the Ikot Ekpene area, now in Akwa-Ibom state. The church is a one-storey building made up of large stone blocks. 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.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-c123-77807
title: Market place, Lagos, Nigeria, ca. 1934

description: Black and white photograph showing Ereko marketplace in Lagos, the capital of Nigeria. A man shading himself from the sun under an umbrella stops at a stall where a lady sells fresh produce and vessels. A girl and a boy stand behind the man. This photograph id printed with "77. Ereko, Lagos", suggesting that it has been commercially produced. This photograph was pasted into one of a series of exercise book albums created by Emily Godfrey, Matron of the Ama Achara Methodist Hospital in southeast Nigeria, run by the Methodist Missionary Society.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-c123-77710
title: Pregnant young woman and boy, Nigeria, ca. 1932

description: Black and white photograph showing a young Nigerian woman and a smaller boy. The woman is pregnant, and carries a stick with which to walk. The pair is photographed in front of a wood and cloth screen. The photograph would have been taken at the hospital of the Methodist Missionary Society (formerly the Primitive Methodist Missionary Society) at Ama Achara, southeast Nigeria. This photograph was pasted into one of a series of exercise book albums created by Emily Godfrey, Matron of the Ama Achara hospital.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-c123-77808
title: Missionary staff and babies, Ama Achara, Nigeria, ca. 1934

description: Black and white photograph showing a group of Nigerian and European staff at the hospital at Ama Achara, southeast Nigeria, sitting with a group of child patients. The hospital was run by the Methodist Missionary Society. The children range in age from very small babies to toddlers. As well as handling local births, the hospital dealt with many abandoned babies, particularly twins, who were considered to be unlucky in local tradition. This photograph was pasted into one of a series of exercise book albums created by Emily Godfrey, Matron of the Ama Achara Methodist Hospital.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-c123-77809
title: Nurses and children at Ama Achara hospital , Nigeria, ca. 1934

description: Black and white photograph showing a group of European and Nigerian nurses at Ama Achara Methodist Hospital in southeast Nigeria, which was run by the Methodist Missionary Society. They pose with seven small babies. Ama Achara often took in motherless or abandoned babies in the area, as well as taking care of births. This photograph was pasted into one of a series of exercise book albums created by Emily Godfrey, Matron of the Ama Achara Methodist Hospital. Godfrey can be seen standing at the far right of the image.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-c123-77810
title: Miss Stephens and Emily Godfrey, Nigeria, 1931

description: Black and white photograph showing Miss Stephens and Emily Godfrey, staff of the Primitive Methodist Missionary Society. They are performing in a Christmas party for children in Umudike, Abia state, Nigeria, in 1931. Godfrey is dressed as a nurse of a baby in a pram, played by Miss Stephen. A sign on the side of the pram reads: "DRAGE. Pay when you please. 3/10 weekly." The caption next to this image reads: Miss Stephens (child) E.G nurse at Christmas party for children under 12. Umu Dike Christmas 1931." 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 Primitive Methodist Missionary Society.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-c123-77697
title: Dispensary at Ama Achara, Nigeria, ca. 1922

description: Black and white photograph showing a scene at the dispensary of the Ama Achara Methodist Hospital, run by the Primitive Methodist Missionary Society (later the Methodist Missionary Society.) A man stands under the centre of the thatch canopy to the building, and two female missionaries sit to either side of him. Medical work at Ama Achara was begun in 1921, with a single nurse (Emily Godfrey, the first Matron of the Ama Achara Hospital), and a female missionary, Miss Leggatt. This photograph was pasted into one of a series of exercise book albums created by Emily Godfrey
DOI: 10.25549/impa-c123-77811
title: Dr Henshaw and relatives, Nigeria, 1935

description: Black and white photograph of a Nigerian physician, Dr Henshaw, and his family at the hospital at Ama Achara, southeast Nigeria, run by the Methodist Missionary Society. They are joined by a male European missionary. The group sit and stand on the lawn at the hospital, next to a small table decorated with flowers. Children and young people sit on a bench in the foreground of the image: most wear matching "baker boy" style caps. Dr Henshaw stands at the left of the standing group, wearing a white suit and hat. The caption to this image reads: "Dr Henshaw & relatives Xmas 1935." This photograph was pasted into one of a series of exercise book albums created by Emily Godfrey, Matron of the Ama Achara Methodist Hospital.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-c123-77812
title: Congregation at morning service, Nigeria, 1935

description: Black and white photograph showing the congregation at a morning Christmas service at the hospital run by the Methodist Missionary Society in Ama Achara, southeast Nigeria. Nigerian men, women and children stand in a large group with a single male European missionary. This photograph was pasted into one of a series of exercise book albums created by Emily Godfrey, Matron of the Ama Achara Methodist Hospital.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-c123-77813
title: Female missionary and female congregation, Nigeria, 1935

description: Black and white photograph showing a European female missionary with a group of Nigerian female congregation members at a Christmas service in Ama Achara Methodist Hospital in southeast Nigeria, a facility run by the Methodist Missionary Society. The women and girls wear patterned and white smock dresses and stand and sit on the hospital lawn. This photograph was pasted into one of a series of exercise book albums created by Emily Godfrey, Matron of the Ama Achara Methodist Hospital.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-c123-77814
title: Ladies' house, Ama Achara, Nigeria. ca. 1935

description: Black and white photograph showing a ladies' house at the mission of the Methodist Missionary Society at Ama Achara, southeast Nigeria. The house is single storey, and made of bricks. A male European missionary sits on the steps of the house. This photograph was pasted into one of a series of exercise book albums created by Emily Godfrey, Matron of the Ama Achara Methodist Hospital.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-c123-77815
title: Igumale trek, weavers, Nigeria, 1936

description: Black and white photograph showing a group of weavers in Igumale, in modern Benue state, mid-east Nigeria. The group is made up of Nigerian women, men and boys standing in front of round thatched huts. Strips of light cloth lie on the ground. This photograph was taken by Methodist Missionary Society missionaries on a trek to Igumale in June 1936. 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.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-c123-77816
title: Missionary and weavers, Nigeria, 1936

description: Black and white photograph showing s male European missionary from the Methodist Missionary Society standing with a group of Nigerian villages in Igumale, in modern Benue state, mid-east Nigeria. A male weaver shows the missionary a length of woven cloth. A woman in the foreground holds up a thread of fine cotton from a spindle. 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.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-c123-77817
title: Girl and spiral anklets, Nigeria, ca. 1936

description: Black and white photograph of a young Nigerian woman in the village of Igumale, in modern Benue state, mid-east Nigeria. The woman stands among round, thatched huts displaying spiral anklets on her upper calves. The woman also wears prominent bracelets. The image was taken on a trek to Igumale by missionaries from the Methodist Missionary Society. This photograph was pasted into one of a series of exercise book albums created by Emily Godfrey, Matron of the Ama Achara Methodist Hospital in Abia state, also run by the Methodist Missionary Society.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-c123-77818
title: Man under illusions, Nigeria, ca. 1936

description: Black and white photograph showing an older Nigerian man in the village of Igumale, modern Benue state, mid-east Nigeria. He wears traditional dress and stands next to a wooden pole, which could be his walking stick. A Nigerian young female nurse can be seen in the background of the picture. There is a corrugated iron building with drainage in the background, which may be a medical facility. The caption to this image reads: "Mental case - thinks he is Lieut. Governor [of Nigeria]." The Methodist Missionary Society had a mission station in Igumale, and this photograph was taken on a trek to Igumale by missionaries based in southeast Nigeria. This photograph was pasted into one of a series of exercise book albums created by Emily Godfrey, Matron of the Ama Achara Methodist Hospital in southeast Nigeria run by the Methodist Missionary Society.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-c123-77819
title: Girls in training, Church Missionary Society, Nigeria, 1936

description: Black and white photograph showing a group of Nigerian girls receiving training from a Church Missionary Society female missionary at their station at Ogwash-Uku in April 1936. They stand in the shade of a 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 in southeast Nigeria run by the Methodist Missionary Society.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-c123-77820
title: Miss Ross takes life easy, Nigeria, 1936

description: Black and white photograph showing Miss Ross, a missionary of the Church Missionary Society, at their station in Ogwashi-Uku, in Delta state Nigeria. Miss Ross lies on a hammock on the veranda of a mission house. This photograph was pasted into one of a series of exercise book albums created by Emily Godfrey, Matron of the Ama Achara Methodist Hospital in southeast Nigeria, which was run by the Methodist Missionary Society.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-c123-77821
title: Just a trim please, Nigeria, ca. 1934

description: Black and white photograph showing a Nigerian man in a torn shirt cutting the hair of another Nigerian young man, who sits on the ground. The caption to this image (printed on the photograph, suggesting a commercially produced image) reads: "JUST A TRIM PLEASE!" This photograph was pasted into one of a series of exercise book albums created by Emily Godfrey, Matron of the Ama Achara Methodist Hospital in southeast Nigeria run by the Methodist Missionary Society.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-c123-77822
title: Christian convert and family, Nigeria, ca. 1932

description: Black and white photograph printed onto a postcard showing a Nigerian man in a light Western style suit, holding a cane. He sits on the arm of a chair, where his wife sits with their young child on her knee. His wife wears a light Western style smart dress with a hat and a string of pearls. Their baby is dressed in white. This photograph was pasted into one of a series of exercise book albums created by Emily Godfrey, Matron of the Ama Achara Methodist Hospital, a Methodist Missionary Society facility in southeast Nigeria.