One woman’s legacy. A 19th-century Scottish missionary helped to transform southeast Nigeria, and local groups are still emulating her efforts a century later.
Excerpt: At the Mary Slessor Roundabout in the center of Calabar stands a tall bronze statue of the missionary carrying two babies. It’s a record of how she confronted traditional beliefs by stopping the killing of twins. Today, some twins in the region are named after Slessor in a gesture of gratitude. (I suppose stopping the killing of twins is,m to the left, white cultural imperialism. ~Bob)
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