Mary Slessor: the Scottish mill girl who became “Mother of All the Peoples” in Calabar
Mary Slessor, a former mill worker from Dundee, arrived in Calabar in 1876 as a missionary. She lived among the Efik and Okoyong people, campaigned against…
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“O Love That Wilt Not Let Me Go”: George Matheson’s hymn written in five minutes
The Scottish minister George Matheson, who lost most of his sight as a young man, wrote "O Love That Wilt Not Let Me Go" in 1882.…