“Tembu-Mädchen beim Verputzen des Hauses, das Grasdach ist mit Steinen beschwert“ („Tembu girl plastering the house, the grass roof is weighted with stones“). A young woman standing next to a hut. She is wearing short draperies, a little headdress, bangles and necklaces. Her body is dirty, sprinkled with the plaster. A bucket in front of her. Two ropes with stones tied on their ends are hanging down from the roof. On the left side of the picture one can see the shadow of the photographer. Plants (maybe aloe) in the background. 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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