"Baziya. Utabeliza. Die Männer begrüßen den Häuptling mit ’a Ukosi’ Das ist ’Heil Häuptling’" ("Baziya. Utabeliza. The men are greeting the chief with 'a Ukosi', which means 'Hail chief'"). A lot of people sitting or standing beside two huts. Some men on the right side are wearing suits and hats, others are wrapped in draperies. A dog is also visible between the sitting people. 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.
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