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Title
Africans performing a welcome dance, Nyasa, Tanzania, 1938
Creator
Tietzen, Theodor, 1893-1973
Date Created and/or Issued
1938-09
Publication Information
University of Southern California. Libraries
Contributing Institution
University of Southern California Digital Library
Collection
International Mission Photography Archive, ca.1860-ca.1960
Rights Information
Contact: Moravian Archives at http://www.archiv.ebu.de
Moravian Archives
Moravian Archives; http://www.archiv.ebu.de/
Unitätsarchiv, Zittauer Straße 24, 02747, Herrnhut, Deutschland
unitaetsarchiv@ebu.de
Description
"Eingeborenentanz bei der Begrüssung von Geschw. Sonnenburg." ("A dance performed by Africans to welcome Brethren Sonnenburg."). On the left: a European couple, presumably the Sonnenburgs. In the background: Africans dancing in a circle.
Cf. photo no. 11227. -- Gerhard Sonnenburg (1906-1978) was a missionary of the Herrnhuter Brüdergemeine and served in East Africa. In 1937 he married Herta Steinmann. -- Theodor Tietzen (1893-1973) was a missionary of the Herrnhuter Brüdergemeine. Having married Hildegard Marie Lenz in 1921 and after having served in South Africa (West) from 1922 to 1927, he moved to East Africa where he served in Mbozi until 1929 and in Utengule until 1939. In the 1950s he returned to South Africa.
Type
image
Format
2 copies
photographic prints, 11.8 x 8.7 cm.
photographs
Identifier
impa-m11815 [Legacy record ID]
IMP-HRN-BOX-NYA-5-11228
http://doi.org/10.25549/impa-m11815
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/IMP-HRN-BOX-NYA-5-11228.jpg
Subject
Dance
Missionary work
Clergy
Group portraits
Time Period
1938-09
Place
Africa
Nyasa
Tanzania
Relation
International Mission Photography Archive, ca.1860-ca.1960
Nyassa 5
Photographs of the Moravian Church, Herrnhut, Germany, ca.1890-1940
impa-m76

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