cover image: Children of Sixuzulu, South Africa East

Children of Sixuzulu, South Africa East

"Kinder von Sixuzulu" ("Children of Sixuzulu"). Eight children in a meadow, mainly in draperies, some of them are wearing necklaces and bangles. One child is carried on the back of another bigger child. In the background huts, trees and hills. 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.
south africa children general views
Collection
International Mission Photography Archive, ca.1860-ca.1960
DOI
https://doi.org/10.25549/impa-m16008
Format
Photographic prints Photographs
Pages
5.5 x 8.1 cm
Place Discussed
Africa South Africa Unknown
Provider
California Digital Library
Published in
South Africa
Reference
impa-m16008 [Legacy record ID]; IMP-HRN-BOX-SAO-7-10079
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/0fa4fe63407febbb72b50ce110c78da2

Related Topics

All