cover image: Indigenous parliament of Transkei, Umtata, South Africa East

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Indigenous parliament of Transkei, Umtata, South Africa East

"Umtata. Eingeborenen-Parlament des Transkei" ("Umtata. Indigenous parliament of Transkei"). A huge building with a cupola. A fence in front of the building. 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).
buildings parliament general views
Collection
International Mission Photography Archive, ca.1860-ca.1960
DOI
https://doi.org/10.25549/impa-m15340
Format
Photographic prints Photographs
Pages
6 x 10.5 cm
Place Discussed
Africa South Africa Umtata Unknown
Provider
California Digital Library
Published in
South Africa
Reference
impa-m15340 [Legacy record ID]; IMP-HRN-BOX-SAO-5-09420
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/124c28db6868e6cd82cc9e911733a9bd

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