Mary Mitchell Slessor Monument

Nethergate, Dundee

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There is a monument to Mary Slessor at the Steeple Church in Dundee. 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. 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. Monuments erected as legacies in her memory dot the area where she worked, lived and died in Use Ikot Oku village in Ibiono Ibom Local Government Area, Akwa Ibom State.