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DOI: 10.25549/impa-c123-77757
title: Washerwoman (a leper), Uzuakoli, Nigeria, 1932

description: Black and white photograph of a Nigerian woman standing in front of a building in the leper colony run by the Primitive Methodist Missionary Society in Uzuakoli, Nigeria. The caption to this slide reads: "Washerwoman (a leper) Uzuakoli, 1932." 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-c123-77758
title: Three nurses (lepers), Nigeria, ca. 1932

description: Black and white photograph showing three Nigerian nurses working at the leper colony in Uzuakoli, southeast Nigeria, run by the Primitive Methodist Missionary Society. The nurses all suffer from leprosy. They are photographed next to the leper colony bell. The caption to this image reads: "Three nurses (Lepers.)" 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-c123-77759
title: The office, leper colony, Uzuakoli, Nigeria, ca. 1932

description: Black and white photograph showing the office at the leprosy run by the Primitive Methodist Missionary Society in Uzuakoli, Nigeria. The office is a brick building next to the colony main gate. White lines for a sports' court have been painted on the lawn behind the office, where a Nigerian worker flattens the grass with a large roller. The caption to this image reads: "The Office 'When evening twilight gathers round.'" 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-c123-77760
title: The "clean" hospital, leper colony, Nigeria, ca. 1932

description: Black and white photograph showing the hospital for uninfected patients (the "clean hospital") at the leper colony in Uzuakoli, southeast Nigeria, run by the Primitive Methodist Missionary Society. Nigerian staff and patients stand outside the back building. A European missionary couple, probably Dr and Mrs Brown who worked at the colony, stand in the doorway to the building. 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-c123-77701
title: Mr and Mrs Roberts and E.G, Nigeria, 1932

description: Black and white photograph of a group of three missionaries from the Primitive Methodist Missionary Society, Mr and Mrs Roberts, and Emily Godfrey, Matron of the hospital at Ama Achara, southeast Nigeria. Miss Godfrey stands to the left of the picture. The picture was taken at the bungalow of Mr and Mrs Roberts at Umudike, Nigeria. The caption to the image reads: "Mr and Mrs Roberts & E.G." This photograph was pasted into one of a series of exercise book albums created by Emily Godfrey.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-c123-77761
title: Mrs Brown, nurse and "clean" babies, leper colony, Nigeria, ca. 1932

description: Black and white photograph showing Mrs Brown, wife of Dr Brown, the missionary doctor at the Uzuakoli Leper Colony, run by the Primitive Methodist Missionary Society in southeast Nigeria. Mrs Brown sits with a Nigerian nurse next to six Nigerian infants sitting on a blanket. The caption to this image reads: "Mrs Brown, Nurse & "clean" babies, Leper Colony, Uzuakoli."  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-c123-77762
title: Operating theatre, leper colony, Nigeria, ca. 1932

description: Black and white photograph showing the interior of an operating theatre at the leper colony in Uzuakoli, southeast Nigeria, run by the Primitive Methodist Missionary Society. An uncovered operating theatre can be seen, along with a table next to it containing anaesthetic material. A bath sink and an equipment trolley are also visible. 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-c123-77763
title: Women's ward, leper colony hospital, Nigeria, 1932

description: Black and white photograph printed on a postcard showing the interior of a women's ward at the leper colony in Uzuakoli, southeast Nigeria, run by the Primitive Methodist Missionary Society. The ward has been decorated with a paper chain and bell for Christmas. All beds are empty, and neatly made. A Nigerian nurse stands in the centre of the image. The caption to this image reads: "Women's ward - Leper Colony Hospital. Christmas 1932." 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-c123-77764
title: Men's ward, Christmas, Nigeria, 1932

description: Black and white photograph showing the interior of a men's ward at the leper colony run by the Primitive Methodist Missionary Society in Uzuakoli, southeast Nigeria. The ward has been decorated with paper chains for Christmas. Trolleys sit in the centre of the ward, and the iron beds are empty and neatly made. 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-c123-77765
title: Women's town leper colony, Christmas, Nigeria, 1932

description: Black and white photograph of a view to a group of huts for housing women patients at the leper colony run by the Primitive Methodist Missionary Society. The huts are neatly arranged in lines, and can be seen through a tree and scrubland area. The caption to this image reads: "Women's town L.C Christmas 1932." 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-c123-77766
title: Sports at L.C, pillow fight, Nigeria, 1932

description: Black and white photograph showing a pillow fight played at the leper colony run by the Primitive Methodist Missionary Society in Uzuakoli, southeast Nigeria. Two men sit on a pole across a shallow pool of water holding pillows, ready to start. Three missionaries stand at the side of the fight, and a group of Nigerian men, women and children stand around to watch. This photograph was taken at the Christmas celebrations at the leper colony in 1932, and the caption next to the image reads: "Sports at L.C - Pillow fight, Xmas 1932." 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-c123-77698
title: Interior of operating room, Nigeria, ca. 1937

description: Black and white photograph showing the interior of an operating room at the hospital at Ama Achara, run by the Methodist Missionary Society (formerly the Primitive Methodist Missionary Society.)  An operating table sits in the middle of the room, and trolleys with instruments stand around it. This photograph was pasted into one of a series of exercise book albums created by Emily Godfrey, Matron of the hospital from 1921 to 1944.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-c123-77767
title: Barrel race, Nigeria, 1932

description: Black and white photograph printed onto a postcard showing a barrel race at a Christmas sports day held at the leper colony run by the Primitive Methodist Missionary Society in Uzuakoli, southeast Nigeria. Young men line up wearing barrels, each painted with a name and a face, on the starting line for a race. Spectators stand under the hospital porch to watch. 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-c123-77768
title: Potato race, Nigeria, 1932

description: Black and white photograph printed onto a postcard showing a "potato race" at a Christmas sports day held at the leper colony run by the Primitive Methodist Missionary Society in Uzuakoli, southeast Nigeria. The event appears to be for women and children. Eight contestants stand on a starting line, holding a potato in one hand. Two referees stand by the starting line. Painted barrels from the previous barrel race can be seen lying on the ground. 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-c123-77769
title: Yam race, Nigeria, 1932

description: Black and white photograph printed onto a postcard showing a "yam race" at a Christmas sports day held at the leper colony run by the Primitive Methodist Missionary Society in Uzuakoli, Nigeria. Four female contestants stand on a starting line next to the hospital building with yams balanced upon their heads. Barrels from the previous race can be seen in the background. 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-c123-77770
title: Lepers wearing Christmas gifts, Nigeria, 1932

description: Black and white photograph printed onto a postcard showing a line of men, women and children at the leper colony run by the Primitive Methodist Missionary Society, Uzuakoli, Nigeria. The caption below the image reads: "Lepers wearing singlets. Christmas gifts Xmas 1932." 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-c123-77771
title: E.G at L.C.H, Nigeria, 1932

description: Black and white photograph printed onto a postcard showing Emily Godfrey, matron of the Ama Achara Methodist Hospital in modern Abia state, southeast Nigeria, run by the Primitive Methodist Missionary Society (later the Methodist Missionary Society.) Emily Godfrey sits on the steps of the leper colony hospital that the Primitive Methodist Missionary Society ran in Uzuakoli, also in Abia state. The image was taken at Christmas in 1932. This photograph was pasted into one of a series of exercise book albums created by Emily Godfrey.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-c123-77772
title: Nara Church, Nigeria, 1934

description: Black and white photograph showing a Methodist church in Nara village, in Enugu, Nigeria. The church has a thatched roof and triangular ventilation holes in its walls. A car is parked next to the church, beside which stands a female missionary and a group of Nigerian men. 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-c123-77773
title: Four helpers at leper colony, Nigeria, 1932

description: Black and white photograph printed onto a postcard showing four smartly dressed Nigerian young men, wearing trousers, jackets, shirts and ties. They are pictured outside a building made of stone blocks. The men are helpers at the leper colony run by the Primitive Methodist Missionary Society at Uzuakoli, in Abia state Nigeria. The caption to this photograph reads: "4 helpers (Non Lepers) at L.C Uzuakoli. Christmas 1932." 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-c123-77705
title: Women's ward, Nigeria, ca. 1937

description: Black and white photograph showing the interior of an empty women's ward in Ama Achara Methodist Hospital, Nigeria, run by the Methodist Missionary Society (formerly the Primitive Methodist Missionary Society.) The ward had both iron beds and cots. New buildings were officially opened at the hospital in 1937. This photograph was pasted into one of a series of exercise book albums created by Emily Godfrey, Matron of the hospital from 1921 to 1944.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-c123-77774
title: Groups of people awaiting injection for yaws, Nigeria, ca. 1932

description: Black and white photograph showing a group of Nigerian men, women and children. An older man, a girl and a younger boy stand in the foreground of the image. The boy has white marks on his arm, suggesting the bacterial disease yaws. The group await injections for diseases dispensed by staff of the Primitive Methodist Missionary Society (later the Methodist Missionary Society) on visits to areas in southeast Nigeria.  The caption to this image reads: "Groups of people awaiting injection for yaws etc. Akpugo Agbani circuit." 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-c123-77775
title: Men involved in idol destruction, Nigeria, ca. 1932

description: Black and white photograph showing two Nigerian men in traditional dress, standing in open ground. An older man wears a wrap around his waist and a middle aged man wears a wrap across his body. The men are in the village of Akpugo, modern Enugu state, Nigeria, and have been involved in the destruction of traditional Nigerian idols. The caption to this image reads: "Left - man who started movement for destruction of idols - Right - man from whose house 78 were removed." 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 in southeast Nigeria.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-c123-77776
title: Woman spinning cotton, Nigeria, ca. 1932

description: Black and white photograph of a bare chested Nigerian woman spinning cotton photographed on the road to Amagunze, Enugu state, Nigeria. She carries a bowl with fruit or vegetables balanced on the top of her head. In one hand she carries a spindle with cotton thread wrapped around it, and in the other hand he carries a ball of raw cotton. The caption to this image reads: "On road to Amagundze [Amagunze]. Woman spinning cotton." 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-c123-77777
title: Rev. C Ransome handling embers of idols, Nigeria, 1934

description: Black and white missionary showing Reverend C Ransome, a missionary of the Methodist Missionary Society (earlier the Primitive Methodist Missionary Society) sitting with a pile of debris created after the burning of traditional Nigerian religious idols by Christian converts. Nigerian villagers stand in the background of the image. Vessels, bowls and broken pottery can be seen in the aftermath of the fire. Reverend Ransome holds a small bowl as he squats next to the embers. The caption to this image reads: "Rev. C Ransome handling embers of idols etc. publicly burned 1934, in market place." This image was probably taken in Akpugo village, Enugu state, 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, run by the Methodist Missionary Society in southeast Nigeria.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-c123-77778
title: Market place, Akpugo, Nigeria, ca. 1934

description: Black and white photograph showing a market place in Akpugo village, Enugu state, southeast Nigeria. A group of women sits on the ground with wares in wicker baskets and vessels, whilst a crowd walks around the market place. 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-c123-77706
title: Baby Peter and Emily Godfrey, Nigeria, ca. 1934

description: Black and white photograph showing Emily Godfrey, Matron at the Ama Achara Methodist Hospital run by the Methodist Missionary Society (formerly the Primitive Methodist Missionary Society). Miss Godfrey squats down on the ground with her arms around a small child while she wipes his mouth. The child, "Baby Peter", may have been an abandoned baby, one of many cared for by the hospital, or may be ill. This photograph was pasted into one of a series of exercise book albums created by Emily Godfrey.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-c123-77779
title: Nkuefi [?] church, Nigeria, ca. 1934

description: Black and white photograph of a Methodist church in a Nigerian village (possibly called Nkeufi.) The thatched roof of the church can be seen. A group of Nigerian men, women and children stand in front of the church, along with a male European missionary in a pith helmet, standing next to a car in which he has presumably travelled to the village. The missionary is probably from the Methodist Missionary Society (formerly the Primitive Methodist Missionary Society.) The caption to this image reads: "Nkeufi [?] church - people awaiting injection." The villagers may have been waiting for inoculations against diseases such as the then-common bacterial infection, yaws. 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-c123-77780
title: Ituk Mbam, E.G & Baby Nkoenye, Nigeria, 1934

description: Black and white photograph of Emily Godfrey, missionary of the Methodist Missionary Society (formerly the Primitive Methodist Missionary Society) and matron of the Methodist Missionary Society hospital at Ama Achara, south-eastern Nigeria. In this image, Emily Godfrey is pictured at another general hospital run by the Methodist Missionary Society at Ituk Mbam, Uyo state, east Nigeria, holding a small baby. The baby, Nkonye, has lost his mother. The caption to this image reads: "Ituk Mbam. E.G & Baby Nkonye 1934." This photograph was pasted into one of a series of exercise book albums created by Emily Godfrey.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-c123-77781
title: Entrance to Ituk Mbam Hospital, Nigeria, ca. 1934

description: Black and white photograph showing the entrance to Ituk Mbam general hospital, run by the Methodist Missionary Society in Uyo state, east Nigeria. The hospital has a wooden gate, and a stone one-storey office or reception building. A European female missionary, possibly Emily Godfrey, stands in the doorway of the hospital entrance. 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 in southeast Nigeria.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-c123-77782
title: New Theatre, Ituk Mbam, Nigeria, ca. 1934

description: Black and white photograph showing an exterior view of the new operating theatre built by the Methodist Missionary Society at their general hospital in Ituk Mbam, Uyo state, east Nigeria. The hospital was one of three general hospitals run by the mission in east Nigeria. The building is a stone block construction with wooden shutters fitted for ventilation. This photograph was pasted into one of a series of exercise book albums created by Emily Godfrey, Matron of the Ama Achara Hospital, also run by the Methodist Missionary Society.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-c123-77783
title: E.G & Mrs Wakefield at Uzuakoli synod, Nigeria, 1934

description: Black and white photograph showing Emily Godfrey, matron of the Ama Achara Hospital run by the Methodist Missionary Society. She sits with a Mrs Wakefield, also a missionary, at a synod held in Uzuakoli, south-eastern Nigeria, in February 1934. Mrs Wakefield may be the wife of Harry Wakefield, a missionary of the Methodist Missionary Society based at Oron. Emily Godfrey wears a patterned dress and sits on the left of the image. This photograph was pasted into one of a series of exercise book albums created by Emily Godfrey.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-c123-77784
title: Nurse Alim and Nurse Nuyw, Ituk Mbam, Nigeria, 1933

description: Black and white photograph of two nurses at the general hospital at Ituk Mbam, east Nigeria, run by the Methodist Missionary Society, one of four general hospitals that they administered in the region. Nurse Alim, a female nurse, wears a white dress and head-scarf, and a male nurse, Nurse Nuyw, wears a white shirt and apron. A man stands next to him in a dark robe. Twin babies lie in a cot at the centre of the picture. Twin babies were traditionally considered an ill-omen in Nigerian folk belief, and were often abandoned to die. The caption to this image reads: "Nurse Alim & Nurse Nuyw with the Father, and twin babies born at Ituk Mbam, 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, also run by the Methodist Missionary Society.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-c123-77707
title: Women staff of Ama Achara, Nigeria, 1934

description: Black and white photograph of a group of female staff working for the Methodist Missionary Society (formerly the Primitive Methodist Missionary Society) at its site in Ama Achara, southeast Nigeria. The caption to this slide reads: "Miss Jessie Sharp, E.G [Emily Godfrey], Miss Brazier & Miss Golby. Ama Achara. Oct 1934. 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-c123-77785
title: Nurse Alim and babies, Nigeria, ca. 1933

description: Black and white photograph showing a Nigerian nurse working at the hospital at Ituk Mbam, east Nigeria, run by the Methodist Missionary Society. The nurse, Nurse Alim, holds babies Adiaba and Nkoenye in her arms, possibly twin babies. 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 through the Methodist Missionary Society.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-c123-77786
title: Mother and baby, Ituk Mbam, Nigeria,, ca. 1933

description: 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.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-c123-77787
title: Patient with tribal marks, Nigeria, 1934

description: Black and white photograph featuring a young Nigerian woman, a patient at the general hospital at Ituk Mbam in east Nigeria run by the Methodist Missionary Society. The woman is pictured near the gate to the hospital, and wears a patterned dress and a head-scarf. She shows raised marks on her arms that symbolise her tribal background. This scarification was common in Nigeria, involving cuts to the skin, the healing of which is controlled to form patterns that make meaning to symbolise cultural identity, bravery or to symbolise life stages. 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.