cover image: Assistant Alinane with his family, Msangano, Tanzania, 1928

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Assistant Alinane with his family, Msangano, Tanzania, 1928

1928

"Der Helfer Alinane in Inamwanga[.] Erhalten von Br. Giersch 1929." ("The helper Alinane in Inamwanga[.] Received from Br[other] Giersch 1929."). Photo of a seated African group in front of a house. From left to right: Alinane in European dress, two girls, his wife and another girl. One photo included from the box of duplicates. -- Cf. no 7283, taken on the same occasion. -- Alinane is the son of the Mukoma, the sacral ruler of Inamwanga who supported Brother Gemuseus and Brother Tietzen in finding a suitable place for a new Mission station in Inamwanga. Alinane was one of the first African Christians in Inamwanga.
housing family personnel group portraits laity

Authors

Unknown

Collection
International Mission Photography Archive, ca.1860-ca.1960
DOI
https://doi.org/10.25549/impa-m3660
Dates
1928
Format
Photographs
Pages
2 copies photographic prints, 11.4 x 8.3 cm. Negative is missing.
Place Discussed
Africa Msangano Tanzania
Provider
California Digital Library
Published in
Tanzania
Reference
impa-m3660 [Legacy record ID]; IMP-HRN-BOX-NYA-2-06663
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/dfd7e89a20d59ab1734a14f9a4bde7da

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