The evangelist Mika beating the drum, Sikonge, Unyamwezi, Tanzania, 1933

"Vukuya, neue Aussenstation von Ussoke. Der Evangelist Mika (Micha) schlägt feierlich selbst die Trommel, um zum Eröffnungsgottesdienst der neuen Kapelle einzuladen, 8.10.33" ("Vukuya, Ussoke's new outstation. The evangelist Mika (Micha) is solemnly beating the drum himself as an invitation to the inauguration sermon for the new chapel, 10-08-33"). Mika is beating the drum that is hanging on a pole. He is standing in front of a building. In the background a child and another person. c.f. pictures nos. IMP-HRN-BOX-UNY-2-09217, IMP-HRN-BOX-UNY-2-09218, IMP-HRN-BOX-UNY-2-09219, IMP-HRN-BOX-UNY-2-09224.--Here, the name of the outstation is given as Vukuga. 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).