The chief Zwelibangile in Mputi, South Africa East, 1933-12-11

"Mputi (vgl. 9466). Der heidnische Häuptling Zwelibangile, hinter ihm Evangelisten und Lehrer von Baziya und Außenstationen" ("Mputi (cp. 9466). The heathen chief Zwelibangile, behind him evangelists and teachers from Baziya and outstations"). One man sitting in the front (apparently chief Zwelibangile), wearing a dark trouser and a light coloured jacket. Behind him four men standing, wearing jackets. One is wearing a hat. Next to them another man sitting. In the background plants. c.f. picture no. IMP-HRN-BOX-SAO-5-09466. 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).