cover image: Tembu woman and girl with child in Baziya, South Africa East

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Tembu woman and girl with child in Baziya, South Africa East

"Baziya. Tembu-Frau und Mädchen mit Kind" ("Baziya. Tembu woman and girl with child"). Two young women standing in a meadow, wearing draperies, necklaces, bangles and headdresses. One is in a short skirt, the other one in a long skirt. Little bags are tied around their waist. One of the two is carrying a child on her back. Behind them a building. 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 women group portraits
Collection
International Mission Photography Archive, ca.1860-ca.1960
DOI
https://doi.org/10.25549/impa-m15543
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-m15543 [Legacy record ID]; IMP-HRN-BOX-SAO-7-10028
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/fa3d9ed41f0eac0fc3be48337e086e32

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