Johnson Silinga, Baziya, South Africa East

"Baziya. Johnson Silinga. Ordinierter Geistlicher" ("Baziya. Johnson Silinga. Ordained clergyman"). Johson Silinga with beard, wearing a suit and tie, holding something (maybe a briefcase). Johnson W. Silinga, born in Baziya (South Africa East) in 1893, was an indigenous brother of the Moravian Church. He was a mission assistant from 1927 onwards.--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.