cover image: Vukuga's new chapel, Usoke, Unyamwezi, Tanzania, 8.10.1933

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Vukuga's new chapel, Usoke, Unyamwezi, Tanzania, 8.10.1933

1933

"Vukuga, neue Aussenstation von Ussoke, eröffnet 8.10.33 vergl. 9217" ("Vukuga, Ussoke's new outstation, inaugurated 10-08-33 comp[are] 9217"). The small chapel with a thatched roof in the centre. Two groups of Africans. c.f. pictures nos. IMP-HRN-BOX-UNY-2-09217, IMP-HRN-BOX-UNY-2-09218, IMP-HRN-BOX-UNY-2-09224, IMP-HRN-BOX-UNY-2-09236. 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).
christianity indigenous populations churches general views
Collection
International Mission Photography Archive, ca.1860-ca.1960
DOI
https://doi.org/10.25549/impa-m14727
Dates
1933
Format
Photographic prints Photographs
Pages
6 x 10.5 cm
Place Discussed
Africa Tanzania Usoke uncategorized: Unyamwezi
Provider
California Digital Library
Published in
Tanzania
Reference
impa-m14727 [Legacy record ID]; IMP-HRN-BOX-UNY-2-09219
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/bdd52ca2480d445527c88f5e848e662f

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