"Ein heidn. Gebetshäuschen in Umambwe. Das Häuschen ist auf einem Termitenhügel erbaut." ("A heathen prayer house in Umambwe. The house was built on a termite mound."). A man is sitting next to the thatched prayer house. In the distance trees. In the foreground grass. 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.
Authors
- Collection
- International Mission Photography Archive, ca.1860-ca.1960
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.25549/impa-m11290
- Dates
- 1936-02
- Format
- Photographs
- Pages
- 2 copies, colored slide no. 10333 photographic prints, 11.4 x 8.4 cm.
- Place Discussed
- Africa Nyasa Tanzania
- Provider
- California Digital Library
- Published in
- Malawi
- Reference
- impa-m11290 [Legacy record ID]; IMP-HRN-BOX-NYA-4-10333
- 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/00f722679115ce148643dcf3d8701e24
