"Die Schüler in Rungwe üben einen Reigen, bei der alten Kirche" ("The pupils in Rungwe are practicing a round dance, near the old church"). About forty young pupils are walking in rows. Next to them Oskar Gemuseus, apparently. In the background a building (maybe the old church). [Shots of the mission school in Rungwe with brother Oskar Gemusues, probably from the time before 1914, 4 black-and-white photographs] cf. pictures nos. IMP-HRN-FSM-OA-1-AdMiR_BidS, _RHS -- Oskar Gemuseus (1874-1959) was a missionary of the Herrnhuter Brüdergemeine. He served as headmaster from 1907 to 1916, as mission superintendent of Nyassa [Nyasa] Province from 1925 to 1930, as bishop from 1932 to 1939. Starting in 1939 he wrote a history of the mission in Nyasa Province ("Wechselnde Gezeiten an den Gestaden des Nyassa"). His wife was Mathilde, née Richter. See his publications: "Mission und Gold", Herrnhut 1936 "Ein Gebundener Jesu Christi (über Fiwombe)", Hamburg 1950 "Sakalija Mwakasungala", Hamburg 1953.
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