cover image: The resthouse in Kakozi, Nyasa, Tanzania, 1937

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The resthouse in Kakozi, Nyasa, Tanzania, 1937

1937

"Das fertige Rasthaus Kakozi." ("The finished resthouse in Kakozi."). A rectangular building made of bricks with a tin roof, a terrace and a small garden in front of it. On the right: a child, crouching. One copy is missing. -- Cf. photo nos. 10868. -- In 1936 Brother Hauffe built this house. Initially it was meant for longer visits of the Mbozi missionary, but at the same time it constituted the beginning of the new mission station Moravia. -- Werner Hauffe (1909-1982) was a carpenter and later a missionary of the Herrnhuter Brüdergemeine. From 1933 to 1939, he served in Rungwe, Utengule and Isoko. In Utengule, he was an assistant to Brother Gemuseus. In 1937 he married Irmgard Wolff.
buildings exterior views missionary work

Authors

Hauffe, Werner, 1909-1982

Collection
International Mission Photography Archive, ca.1860-ca.1960
DOI
https://doi.org/10.25549/impa-m11698
Dates
1937-12
Format
Photographs
Pages
2 copies photographic print, 8.5 x 6.1 cm.
Place Discussed
Africa Nyasa Tanzania
Provider
California Digital Library
Published in
Malawi
Reference
impa-m11698 [Legacy record ID]; IMP-HRN-BOX-NYA-5-10871
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/44c89cefbcac6004c58c5425c9f539a1

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