cover image: Xhosa girl, Baziya, South Africa East

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Xhosa girl, Baziya, South Africa East

"Baziya. Kaffer-Mädchen Xosa" ("Baziya. Kaffir girl Xosa"). A girl wearing shawls, a cap, bangles, rings and earrings, is playing an indigenous violin. In the background buildings and trees. 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.
children music musical instruments portraits
Collection
International Mission Photography Archive, ca.1860-ca.1960
DOI
https://doi.org/10.25549/impa-m15591
Format
Photographic prints Photographs
Pages
8.1 x 5.5 cm
Place Discussed
Africa Baziya South Africa Unknown
Provider
California Digital Library
Published in
South Africa
Reference
impa-m15591 [Legacy record ID]; IMP-HRN-BOX-SAO-7-10052
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/2153695eb22a77da3fd1a96cf78a078e

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