A woman and a man, Ipole, Unyamwezi, Tanzania, 1933

"Kininga, Aussenstation von Ipole. Nyamwezi-Frau mit typischer Haartracht. Es ist die Frau des Evangelisten und Lehrers mit ihrem Manne, 29.9.33" ("Kininga, Ipole's outstation. Nyamwezi-woman with typical hairstyle. It is the wife of the evangelist and teacher with her husband, 29.9.33"). The woman and the man photographed from the side. They are not photographed in full-length. In the background huts. Paul Albert Theile, born in 1908 in Niesky (Germany), was a theologian and preacher. He was no missionary in Africa, but went on an educational journey to East Africa in 1933 and to South Africa in 1934. He was a mission deputy in Montmirail (France) from 1934 till 1938. In 1948 he married Susette Schmidt. After 1962 he was director of the Moravian Church in Switzerland. He died in 1995 in Birsfelden (near Basel / Switzerland).