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helpmeet John, as his unqualified equal in the plain sight of both God and
mankind.

A post-1915 Rising American postcard or perhaps cigarette card. The photo
would have been taken while John Chilembwe was studying in the U.S.A.

An abbreviated family tree of John and Ida Chilembwe

18 Genesis 2:20 (King James version). Helpmeet / help meet, sometimes helpmate,
describes Eve’s locus in relation to Adam. I have reversed those traditional roles
in the paragraph which I feel especially apposite in the circumstances.