cover image: Silinga is delivering a speech, Baziya, South Africa East

Silinga is delivering a speech, Baziya, South Africa East

"Baziya. Utabeliza. Der eingeborene Geistliche Silinga hält eine Ansprache an die Utabeliza-Männer. Sie sitzen in freien Gruppen zusammen" ("Baziya. Utabeliza. The indigenous clergyman Silinga is delivering a speech to the men of Utabeliza. They are sitting together in loose groups"). A group of people sitting in a meadow. Four persons are standing. Behind them plants (maybe aloe). 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.
clergy speech general views
Collection
International Mission Photography Archive, ca.1860-ca.1960
DOI
https://doi.org/10.25549/impa-m15468
Format
Photographic prints Photographs
Pages
5.8 x 9.7 cm
Place Discussed
Africa Baziya South Africa Unknown
Provider
California Digital Library
Published in
South Africa
Reference
impa-m15468 [Legacy record ID]; IMP-HRN-BOX-SAO-7-09920
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/61514bf96e6520351cb82ec9712597de

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