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Mary Mitchell Slessor (2 December 1848 – 13 January 1915) was a Scottish Presbyterian missionary to Nigeria. Once in Nigeria, Slessor learned Efik , one of the numerous local languages, then began teaching.
The school started in 1895. Slessor landed in Calabar in 1876. Mary Mitchell Slessor, a driving force behind establishment of the institute. The Scottish missionary Mary Mitchell Slessor, who had done much work with the Efik people around Calabar, was a driving force behind the establishment of the Institute. [2]
Margaret Manson Graham (26 April 1860 – 14 October 1933) was a Scottish nurse who worked as a missionary in Nigeria. Early life ... Mary Slessor, in Calabar.
Mary Slessor and four children, Old Calabar in the late 19th century. The killing of twins was a cultural practice among some ethnic groups in Nigeria, predominantly among the Igbo and the Efik people. [1] [2] Giving birth to twins was considered a bad omen that could bring devastation or calamity upon society. [3]
The only woman on board that ship is 29-year-old Mary Slessor, a missionary. [ 139 ] 1877 – James Chalmers goes to New Guinea ; [ 140 ] Presbyterians Sheldon Jackson and missionary-widow Amanda McFarland arrive at Ft. Wrangel, Alaska where they join Philip McKay (née Clah) to start missionary work.
Carl Christian Reindorf - Gold Coast historian, minister and missionary; Mary Slessor – Scottish Presbyterian missionary in Nigeria; Absalom Sydenstricker – Presbyterian missionary to China, father of Pearl S. Buck; William James Wanless M.D., F.A.C.S – founded the first missionary medical school in India in 1897
Orie Rogo Manduli (née Mary Slessor Orie Rogo, 1948 – 8 September 2021) was a Kenyan diplomat, women's activist and journalist. She won the Miss Kenya beauty pageant in 1964 and in 1974, alongside Sylvia Omino was the first woman of African descent and from Kenya to compete in the East African Safari Rally.
Mary Henrietta Kingsley (13 October 1862 – 3 June 1900) was an English ethnographer, writer and explorer who made numerous travels through West Africa and wrote several books on her experiences there.