"Erdbrei und Wasser schleppen sie auf ihren Köpfen herbei" ("They are carrying soil mush and water on their heads"). Two young women in the foreground are carrying buckets. Behind them four other people are standing next to the school building. Richard Paul Moths, born in 1872 in Kösen (Germany), was a carpenter. In 1899 he married Helene Ledoux. From 1900 till 1948 he worked as a missionary in South Africa East (Silo, Baziya, Tabase). He died in 1950 in South Africa. c.f. pictures nos. IMP-HRN-BOX-SAO-7-10182, -10183, -10184, -10186, -10188.
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