Mr Bowman's house at Domasi, Malawi, 29 March 1918

"Mr Bowman's house at Domasi. Negative given to Mrs Frank Bowman." "Nyasaland [Malawi]" ❧ Photograph showing the end view of a brick built two story house with a single story extension protruding from one side. At the back of the house runs another single story level with a thatched roof and a verandah. The main part of the house is covered in ivy that also extends across the roof. ❧ The Domasi Mission was founded in 1884 by Rev. Alexander Hetherwick (1860-1939). It is one of a number of important missions, extending from Blantyre, in Southern Malawi and takes its name from the largest river that flows into Lake Shirwa [Chilwa] on the western shore. It is situated north of Blantyre near Mount Zomba. The station was central to the medical work in the area, and trained girls in industrial and domestic work. Mr Hetherwick was an accomplished linguist and translated the New Testament in to the Yao language and wrote manuals on the Yao and Nyanja languages. ❧ This image belongs to an album of photographs collected by Dr. Stevenson and includes images from India, China and Africa.