„Elias Mzuku und Korbflechterei als Heimarbeit“ („Elias Mzuku and basketry as homework“). Three persons in front of a hut. The man on the left side is standing, wearing a coat and a hat. The woman right beside him is sitting on a chair, wearing a dress, a pinafore and a cap. The man right beside her is sitting at the entrance, wearing trousers, a shirt and a jacket. Many baskets and chairs are standing next to the three persons. Wilhelm Friedrich Karl Blohm, born in 1884 in Keffenbrinck (Germany), was a carpenter. In 1911 he married Marie Bürger. He started his missionary work in 1911 in Unyamwezi (East Africa). After being imprisoned by the Belgians from 1916 till 1917 he returned to Germany. From 1922 till 1945 he worked as a missionary in Baziya (South Africa). He died in Baziya in 1945.--Elias Mzuku, coming from Tembuland, was an Evangelist in Xentu (South Africa).
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