"Leben auf einem Häuptlingskraal. Abschied vom Oberhäuptling von Tembu-Land und seiner Frau. Vor dem Besuchshaus des Oberhäuptlings" ("Living in a chief kraal. Farewell of the paramount chief of Tembuland and his wife. In front of the chief's visitation house"). Four people standing in front of a house. One woman, in a coat, with hat and holding a handbag in one hand, is shaking hands with a man in a suit. The other person (maybe a woman) is standing next to him and barely visible. Another man in a suit and with hat is standing a bit further right. 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. c.f. pictures nos. IMP-HRN-BOX-SAO-7-09991, -09992, -09994, -09995, -09996, -09997, -09998, -09999, -10002.
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