"Das Wohnhaus des christlichen Häuptlings Alinane in Musangano." ("The dwelling of the Christian Chief Alinane in Msangano."). A thatched house. Cattle grazing in an open space in front of the building. The space is surrounded by trees. Alinane was the son of the Mukoma, the sacral ruler of Inamwanga who supported the missionaries Gemuseus and Tietzen in finding a suitable place for a new mission station in Inamwanga. Alinane was one of the first African Christians in Inamwanga. -- Kurt Küchler (1908-?) was a missionary of the Herrnhuter Brüdergemeine. He served in Kyimbila from 1936 to 1939. In 1938 he married Marianne Geisler.
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2 copies, colored slide no. 10985 photographic print, 13.9 x 8.9 cm. photographs
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