cover image: Church elder in Sigubudu, Baziya, South Africa East

Church elder in Sigubudu, Baziya, South Africa East

"Baziya. Außenstation Sigubudu. Kirchenältestin in Tembu-Land (Sahre Picane)" ("Baziya. Outstation Sigubudu. Church elder in Tembuland (Sahre Picane)"). Portrait of an old woman wearing a shawl on her shoulders and a headscarf. Wilhelm Friedrich Karl Blohm, born in 1884 in Keffenbrinck (Germany), was a carpenter. In 1911 he married Marie Bürger. He started his missionary work in 1911 in Unyamwezi (East Africa). After being imprisoned by the Belgians from 1916 till 1917 he returned to Germany. From 1922 till 1945 he worked as a missionary in Baziya (South Africa). He died in Baziya in 1945.
women clergy portraits
Collection
International Mission Photography Archive, ca.1860-ca.1960
DOI
https://doi.org/10.25549/impa-m15429
Format
Photographic prints Photographs
Pages
7.7 x 4.3 cm
Place Discussed
Africa Baziya South Africa Unknown religious facilities: Sigubudu
Provider
California Digital Library
Published in
South Africa
Reference
impa-m15429 [Legacy record ID]; IMP-HRN-BOX-SAO-6-09882
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/3987da1033ead536274a52d60aaa87e4

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