cover image: Opening of the new school, Baziya, South Africa East

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Opening of the new school, Baziya, South Africa East

"Baziya. Utabeliza. Die Männer erwarten den Häuptling zur Eröffnung der neuen Schule. Der eingeborene Geistliche Silinga redet zu ihnen" ("Baziya. Utabeliza. The men are waiting for the chief for the opening of the new school. The indigenous clergyman Silinga is talking to them"). A group of people sitting on the ground in front of a house. Some of them are standing. Most of them are wrapped in blankets. 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 leadership schools general views
Collection
International Mission Photography Archive, ca.1860-ca.1960
DOI
https://doi.org/10.25549/impa-m15469
Format
Photographic prints Photographs
Pages
4.8 x 8.8 cm
Place Discussed
Africa Baziya South Africa Unknown
Provider
California Digital Library
Published in
South Africa
Reference
impa-m15469 [Legacy record ID]; IMP-HRN-BOX-SAO-7-09921
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/78dfc4a082441819bb287b62e65f69db

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