Use Ikot Oku, Calabar, Colony and Protectorate of Nigeria
Known for
Christian missionary work in Africa, women's rights, and rescuing children from infanticide
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. Because of her understanding of the native language and her bold personality Slessor gained the trust and acceptance of the locals and was able to spread Christianity while promoting women's rights and protecting native children. She is most famous for her role in helping to stop the common practice of infanticide of twins in Okoyong, an area of Cross River State, Nigeria.[1][2]
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^Imbua, David Lishilinimle (2013). "Robbing Others to Pay Mary Slessor: Unearthing the Authentic Heroes and Heroines of the Abolition of Twin-Killing in Calabar". African Economic History. 41: 139–158. ISSN 0145-2258. JSTOR 43863309.
Mary Mitchell Slessor (2 December 1848 – 13 January 1915) was a Scottish Presbyterian missionary to Nigeria. Once in Nigeria, Slessor learned Efik, one...
missionaries, Hope Waddell, who worked in Calabar from 1845 to 1858, and MarySlessor, who evangelized Christianity in Calabar from 1876 to 1915, worked to...
practice among the Ibibio people of Nigeria in the 19th century. In 1876, MarySlessor, a Scottish missionary was assigned to Efik Land in Calabar Nigeria....
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Orie Rogo Manduli (née MarySlessor Orie Rogo, 1948 – 8 September 2021) was a Kenyan diplomat, women's activist and journalist. She won the Miss Kenya...
Sarah Cairns in the BBC soap opera EastEnders, MarySlessor in an 11-part television series of MarySlessor, the Nag's Head barmaid called Val in the BBC...
issued in 1997 to commemorate the work of MarySlessor. On the back of the note is the map of Calabar and MarySlessor along with a group of Africans. a £20...
missionary MarySlessor for some years. Her house was later converted to a rest home and clinic, and is now a tourist attraction. MARYSLESSOR'S RESIDENCE...
Victorian Era. In April, she became acquainted with Scottish missionary MarySlessor, another European woman living among native African populations with...
women: first and foremost, her mother, Molly; the medical missionary MarySlessor; and Margery Fry, the Principal of Somerville College. In 1928 at age...
Carl Christian Reindorf - Gold Coast historian, minister and missionary MarySlessor – Scottish Presbyterian missionary in Nigeria Absalom Sydenstricker –...
David Livingstone, and W. E. Gladstone. In 2017 it was announced that MarySlessor and Maggie Keswick Jencks would be the first heroines to be celebrated...
‘The Choice’ by Sorley MacLean. The obverse of the £10 note shows scientist Mary Somerville, with a quote from her work The Connection of the Physical Sciences...
expansive trading companies such as the RNC and missionaries such as MarySlessor, who advanced into the hinterland, preached and founded missionary schools...
the Tiv. But before construction of roads began, a missionary named MarySlessor went throughout the region seeing to the people's needs. Most Tiv have...
International Film Festival, Audience Awards, MarySlessor, 2009 Abuja International Film Festival, Best Short, MarySlessor, 2009 SIMA AWARDS, Best Director, The...
who arrived in Calabar 10 April 1846, in the 19th century and that of MarySlessor of Calabar are examples. Small missionary movements were allowed to start...
'A Disease of Mass Destruction' An Assault to our Shared Humanity". MarySlessor Journal of Medicine. 4 (1): 1–17. 2004. doi:10.4314/msjm.v4i1.11019....
by Scottish Gaelic poet Sorley MacLean. The obverse of the £10 note shows Mary Somerville, with a quote from her work 'The Connection of the Physical Sciences'...
several Nigerian films. she was one of the actresses' on Passion of MarySlessor. In 2009, Ibinabo was charged with manslaughter and reckless driving...
(1889– 1929?), evangelist, teacher of the Faith MarySlessor (1848–1915), missionary in West Africa Mary Sumner (1828–1921), founder of the Mothers' Union...
Notes 2005 Wheel of Change Christabel 2006 The Amazing Grace Ansa 2008 MarySlessor Ama Episode: "The Beginning" 2010 Inale Keke 2011 Black Gold Ebiere 2012...
People, Apcon Press Ltd. Calabar, Nigeria. Livingstone, W. P. (1916) MarySlessor of Calabar: Pioneer Missionary, BiblioBazaar, ISBN 1-4264-3290-9. Meek...
White Man's Grave. The only woman on board that ship is 29-year-old MarySlessor, a missionary. 1877 – James Chalmers goes to New Guinea; Presbyterians...
Monoliths (a series of volcanic-stone monoliths of unknown age), the MarySlessor Tomb, Calabar Drill Monkey Sanctuary, Cross River National Park, Afi...