"Iwensato, Aussenstation von Ipole. Haus des Unterhäuptlings, umgeben von den charakteristischen Temben" ("Iwensato, Ipole's outstation. The sub-chief's house, surrounded by the characteristic tembes"). On the right a large house with a thatched roof. The entrance and two windows can be seen. Three people are standing in front of the house. The tembe on the left, stacks of hay on its roof. Animals in the yard. Tembe: in East Africa a rectangular house or hut surrounding a yard. It was introduced by Arabs. Usually, the tembe's walls are made of poles and twigs and are plastered with clay. The flat roof is covered with earth. Paul Albert Theile, born in 1908 in Niesky (Germany), was a theologian and preacher. He was no missionary in Africa, but went on an educational journey to East Africa in 1933 and to South Africa in 1934. He was a mission deputy in Montmirail (France) from 1934 till 1938. In 1948 he married Susette Schmidt. After 1962 he was director of the Moravian Church in Switzerland. He died in 1995 in Birsfelden (near Basel / Switzerland).
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