Village community, Uhehe, Tanzania, ca. 1898-1914

"Wahehe in einem Tembengehöft." ("Wahehe in a tembe compound."). A group of about 30 people are standing in between tembes. A man is walking towards them on the left. A dog is asleep on the ground in front of the group. Imprinted on the image: "3260". In Swahili tembes denote rectangular houses with mud walls and a flat roof, to be found in East Africa. -- Adolf Ferdinand Stolz (1871-1917) was a mission trader of the Herrnhuter Brüdergemeine in Ipanya from 1898 to 1902 and in Kyimbila from 1903 to 1914. He was responsible for the plantations in Kyimbila and Rutenganio. In 1898 he married Helene Elisabeth, née Kootz (1872-1899) , in 1903 Anna, née Schulze.