"D. beiden Helfer Adam Ntala und Benjamin Sichula. Beide arbeiten i. d. am entferntesten v. Mbozi geleg. Gebieten. Links: Adam. Er hält ein neues Testament in d. H." ("The two assistants Adam Ntala and Benjamin Sichula. They both work in the regions that are farthest from Mbozi. On the left: Adam. He holds the New Testament in [his hand]."). Two men wearing uniform-like clothes. Each is holding a hat in his right hand and is wearing bracelets on each arm. In the background a tree. Theodor Tietzen (1893-1973) was a missionary of the Herrnhuter Brüdergemeine. Having married Hildegard Marie Lenz in 1921 and served in South Africa (West) from 1922 to 1927, he moved to East Africa, where he served in Mbozi till 1929 and in Utengule till 1939. In the 1950s he returned to South Africa.
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colored slide no. 10334 photographic prints, 11.1 x 15.0 cm. photographs
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