Meeting in a village of Chief Mwampulo, Nyasa, Tanzania, ca. 1891-1909

"Ratsversammlung in einem Dorfe d. Häuptlings Mwampulo. Der Häuptling mit Federbusch. Br. Häfner." ("Convention in a village of Chief Mwampulo. He wears a feather head-dress. Br. Häfner."). Many men sit on the ground surrounding Chief Mwampulo who wears a feather head-dress. Among them is missionary Johannes Häfner (right). Included from the box of duplicates. -- Photo is very yellowed. -- Johannes Häfner (1869 in Suriname -- 1929 in Switzerland) was a shoemaker and later a missionary of the Herrnhuter Brüdergemeine from 1891 till 1909. He served in Rungwe in 1891 and 1903, set up a new mission station in Isoko in 1900, served in Rutenganio in 1904, in Kyimbila in 1905 and 1908, and in Ipiana in 1907/08. He left for Europe in 1909 together with his second wife due to health problems. In 1895 he married Christiane (1872-1897), née Jepsen, and six years later Marie Wagner (1867-unknown), née Schmidt.