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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.
Alison Pargeter (born 31 May 1972) is an English actress who played the roles of Sarah Cairns in the BBC soap opera EastEnders, Mary Slessor in an 11-part television series of Mary Slessor, the Nag's Head barmaid called Val in the BBC Only Fools and Horses prequel Rock & Chips, She later played the role of Margaret Campbell in the third series of STARZ's Outlander, and also as a Kindly Old ...
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 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]
Slessor is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: Catherine Slessor Scottish architecture writer; Frederick Slessor (1831–1905), British railway engineer; John Slessor (1897–1975), Marshal of the Royal Air Force; Kenneth Slessor (1901–1971), Australian poet; Mary Slessor (1848–1915), Scottish missionary
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.
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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]