cover image: Chief Musangavale, Nyasa, Tanzania, 1928

Chief Musangavale, Nyasa, Tanzania, 1928

1928

"Häuptling Musangavale. Th. Tietzen" ("Chief Musangavale. Th. Tietzen"). In the background forest in the foreground two seated men, the one on the left wearing a kind of suit, a large white cloth and a dark colored cap, the one on the right holding his hands in front of his face. 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.
clothing men political leadership group portraits

Authors

Tietzen, Theodor, 1893-1973

Collection
International Mission Photography Archive, ca.1860-ca.1960
DOI
https://doi.org/10.25549/impa-m8690
Dates
1928
Format
Photographs
Pages
photographic prints, 9.1 x 6.5 cm.
Place Discussed
Africa Nyasa Tanzania
Provider
California Digital Library
Published in
Malawi
Reference
impa-m8690 [Legacy record ID]; IMP-HRN-BOX-NYA-3-08244
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/c431812b99770f6f10d5d6823aafa185

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