Contact: Prof. Adam Jones, Institut für Afrikanistik, Universität Leipzig ,Postfach 100920, 04009 Leipzig, Deutschland; mgrosze@uni-leipzig.de <mailto:mgrosze@uni-leipzig.de>; Phone: +49(0341) 97-37030; Fax: +(49) (0341) 97-37048 Contact: Prof. Adam Jones, Institut für Afrikanistik, Universität Leipzig, Postfach 100920, 04009 Leipzig, Deutschland; mgrosze@uni-leipzig.de; Phone: +49 (0341) 97-37030; Fax: +(49) (0341) 97-37048 Jones, Adam Private collections mgrosze@uni-leipzig.de
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"Händlerdorf in Moschi, Deutsch-Ost-Afrika." ("A traders' village in Moshi, German East Africa."). A road lined with thatched huts. African women are walking on the road and carrying loads on their heads. On the left: an African family (two adults, two children) is standing in front of a hut. Postcard published by the Leipzig Mission. -- This postcard was sent. -- Cf. original photograph "Strasse in Moschi" ("Road in Moshi"). It can be seen in the Leipzig Mission Archive. -- The Mission station in Moshi was founded in 1896. -- Johannes Schanz (1876-1963) was a missionary of the Leipzig Mission. He served in Moshi and Mamba from 1901 to 1910. Schanz is probably the photographer.
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