House of a gold-digger, Nyasa, Tanzania, 1936

"Wohnung eines Goldgräbers. (Stroh + Holz.)" ("Dwelling of a gold-digger. (straw + wood."). In the center a thatched hut. A European man is sitting on a chair. To the right of him, there is a camp bed. To the left of him a dog is lying on the ground. Behind the man a cylindrical oil drum. He is wearing shorts, a white shirt and boots. In the background other huts. Oskar Gemuseus (1874-1959) was a missionary of the Herrnhuter Brüdergemeine. He served as headmaster from 1907 to 1916, as mission superintendent of Nyassa [Nyasa] Province from 1925 to 1930, as bishop from 1932 to 1939. Starting in 1939 he wrote a history of the mission in Nyasa Province ("Wechselnde Gezeiten an den Gestaden des Nyassa"). His wife was Mathilde, née Richter. See his publications: "Mission und Gold", Herrnhut 1936 "Ein Gebundener Jesu Christi (über Fiwombe)", Hamburg 1950 "Sakalija Mwakasungala", Hamburg 1953.