Missionary Guth visiting indigenous hut, Gonja, Tanzania, ca.1929-1940

"Miss. Guth beim Besuch einer Eingeborenenhütte in Gonja." ("Miss[ionary] Guth visiting an indigenous hut in Gonja.") Photograph of a square thatched hut with mud walls. In front of it are 6 African children and 2 adults. To the right Guth is seated in a chair with a European child close to him. He is holding a stick or a gun. Wilhelm Guth (1888-1980), from Zeiskam in the Rhineland Palatinate, studied commerce before joining the Leipzig Mission as a pastor. He served in Gonja from 1911 to 1913 and from 1927 to 1938. He left a large number of photographs, mostly taken by himself but including some by members of his family or fellow missionaries.