cover image: Chief Munyama of Umambwe-Nkoswe, Nyasa, Tanzania, 1936

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Chief Munyama of Umambwe-Nkoswe, Nyasa, Tanzania, 1936

1936

"Munyama d. Oberhäuptling v. Umambwe-Nkoswa der uns schon seit Jahren bittet, in sein Gebiet z. kommen." ("Munyama, Paramount Chief o[f] Umambwe-Nkoswe, who has been asking us for years to come into his area."). The chief holds a sun helmet and a small stick decorated with fur(?) in his hands. In the background thatched huts. Theodor Tietzen (1893-1973) was a missionary of the Herrnhuter Brüdergemeine. Having married Hildegard Marie Lenz in 1921 and served in South Africa (West) from 1922 to 1927, he moved to East Africa, where he served in Mbozi till 1929 and in Utengule till 1939. In the 1950s he returned to South Africa.
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Authors

Tietzen, Theodor, 1893-1973

Collection
International Mission Photography Archive, ca.1860-ca.1960
DOI
https://doi.org/10.25549/impa-m11284
Dates
1936-02
Format
Photographs
Pages
2 copies photographic prints, 8.5 x 11.4 cm.
Place Discussed
Africa Nyasa Tanzania
Provider
California Digital Library
Published in
Malawi
Reference
impa-m11284 [Legacy record ID]; IMP-HRN-BOX-NYA-4-10327
Rights
Contact: Moravian Archives at http://www.archiv.ebu.de Moravian Archives Moravian Archives; http://www.archiv.ebu.de/ Unitätsarchiv, Zittauer Straße 24, 02747, Herrnhut, Deutschland unitaetsarchiv@ebu.de
Source
Digital Public Library of America https://dp.la/item/0ef0f0f37d59055cc74c9cf2e8c891d4

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