cover image: After baptism, Sikonge, Unyamwezi, Tanzania, 1933

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After baptism, Sikonge, Unyamwezi, Tanzania, 1933

1933

"Kipanga, Aussenstation von Sikonge. Nach der Taufe von elf Erwachsenen und fünf Kindern" ("Kipanga, Sikonge's outstation. After the baptism of eleven adults and five children"). A crowd of Africans in front of a building. c.f. picture no. IMP-HRN-BOX-UNY-2-09235. Paul Albert Theile, born in 1908 in Niesky (Germany), was a theologian and preacher. He was no missionary in Africa, but went on an educational journey to East Africa in 1933 and to South Africa in 1934. He was a mission deputy in Montmirail (France) from 1934 till 1938. In 1948 he married Susette Schmidt. After 1962 he was director of the Moravian Church in Switzerland. He died in 1995 in Birsfelden (near Basel / Switzerland).
christians indigenous populations general views
Collection
International Mission Photography Archive, ca.1860-ca.1960
DOI
https://doi.org/10.25549/impa-m14736
Dates
1933
Format
Photographic prints Photographs
Pages
6 x 10.5 cm
Place Discussed
Africa Sikonge Tanzania uncategorized: Unyamwezi
Provider
California Digital Library
Published in
Tanzania
Reference
impa-m14736 [Legacy record ID]; IMP-HRN-BOX-UNY-2-09234
Rights
Contact: Moravian Archives at http://www.archiv.ebu.de Moravian Archives, Unitätsarchiv Moravian Archives, Unitätsarchiv, Zittauer Straße 24, 02747, Herrnhut, Germany http://www.archiv.ebu.de unitaetsarchiv@ebu.de
Source
Digital Public Library of America https://dp.la/item/eaa14cbed1e5d69932b4196c1814258d

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