cover image: The clergyman is talking to women, Xentu, South Africa East, 1934

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The clergyman is talking to women, Xentu, South Africa East, 1934

1934

"Xentu. Außenstation von Baziya. Der eingeborene Geistliche spricht mit Frauen" ("Xentu. Outstation of Baziya. The indigenous clergyman is talking to women"). Nine people standing: One man, eight women and one baby. The women are wearing dresses, headdresses and shawls on their shoulders. One is holding a baby on her arms. The man is wearing a suit and a hat. The man and some of the women are smiling. 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 general views
Collection
International Mission Photography Archive, ca.1860-ca.1960
DOI
https://doi.org/10.25549/impa-m15418
Dates
1934
Format
Photographic prints Photographs
Pages
5.5 x 7.7 cm
Place Discussed
Africa South Africa religious facilities: Xentu
Provider
California Digital Library
Published in
South Africa
Reference
impa-m15418 [Legacy record ID]; IMP-HRN-BOX-SAO-6-09620
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/d6a2bc8f2f4a03be73bc935fdb849a7f

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