cover image: Burial place of the Mukoma, the chief, near Msangano, Tanzania, 1931

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Burial place of the Mukoma, the chief, near Msangano, Tanzania, 1931

1931

"Nyassa. Grabstätte des alten Häuptlings Mukoma. Tietzen 1931." ("Nyasa. Burial place of the old chief Mukoma. Tietzen 1931."). Three Africans are seated in front of a small thatched building. Mukoma is the title of the ruler in Inamwanga who perceives himself as a sacral ruler. -- 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.
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Authors

Tietzen, Theodor, 1893-1973

Collection
International Mission Photography Archive, ca.1860-ca.1960
DOI
https://doi.org/10.25549/impa-m8613
Dates
1931
Format
Photographs
Pages
3 copies, color slide no. 7446 photographic prints, 11.4 x 8.3 cm.
Place Discussed
Africa Nyasa Tanzania
Provider
California Digital Library
Published in
Malawi
Reference
impa-m8613 [Legacy record ID]; IMP-HRN-BOX-NYA-2-07446
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/ae4f4397d4552cff0db8f8b594ff050a

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