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Description
Annotation translation: "Esau Meme is the name of this perhaps 16-year-old youth who volunteered to teach a group of boys in his home village. He was the first of his tribespeople to be baptised. Now he wants to help his friends. So he teaches them christian songs. It doesn't sound very harmonious yet, but they sing with all their hearts." Annotation: "Esau Meme heisst der etwa 16 jährige Junge, der freiwillig eine Schar Buben in seinem Heimatdorfe unterrichtete. Er war der erste seines Stammes, der getauft werden konnte. Jetzt möchte er auch seinen Kameraden helfen. Darum lehrt er sie christliche Lieder singen. Schön tönt es noch nicht, aber sie sind mit ganzem Herzen bei der Sache." Stamped: "Museum der Basler Mission, Basel, Missionsstrasse 21."
Type
image
Format
b/w positive, paper print, gelatin-silver 8.0 x 10.9 cm.
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