"Bruder Gemuseus auf einer Reise durch Inamwanga im Jahre 1935. Um Kräfte zu sparen und ihm die Reise zu erleichtern wurde er in einer Hängematte getragen." ("Brother Gemuseus on a journey through Inamwanga in 1935. He was carried in a hammock to save his strength and to ease the journey for him.") A hammock is tied to a long, thin pole. Gemuseus is sitting inside and reading. At least five Africans are carrying the missionary. They are surrounded by dense vegetation. 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. -- Werner Hauffe (1909-1982) was a carpenter and later a missionary of the Herrnhuter Brüdergemeine. From 1933 to 1939, he served in Rungwe, Utengule and Isoko. In Utengule, he was an assistant to Brother Gemuseus. In 1937, he married Irmgard Wolff.
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2 copies, colored slide no. 10614 photographic print, 8.9 x 6.5 cm. photographs
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