cometadata/datacite-titles-descriptions-related-identifiers huggingface dataset:
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m8654
title: Female and male food vendors, Utengule, Tanzania, 1913

description: "Utengule. Gruppe von Lebensmittel-Verkäufern." ("Utengule. Group of food vendors."). In the background a Neo-Romanesque church, on the right a grass roof of a house and in the foreground a group of ca. 20 African women and men carrying baskets on their heads and shoulders.; Rasmus Boysen Sörensen (1884-1924) was a missionary of the Herrnhuter Brüdergemeine in Utengule from 1912 to May 1916. In 1912 he married Mette Catharine Frisk, née Bork (1882-1924).
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m8713
title: Widows greeting Missionary Ferdinand Jansa, Kyimbila, Tanzania, 1929

description: "Missionar Jansa wird von einigen Witwen begrüßt. Dr. O. Fischer" ("Missionary Jansa is greeted by some widows. Dr. O. Fischer"). Missionary Jansa stands in the road together with a group of five African women, shaking hands with one of them. The women wear colored or striped clothes and headscarves; three of them have walking sticks. One carries a basket on her head.; Ferdinand Jansa (1868 - 1957) was a missionary of the Herrnhuter Brüdergemeine. He served in Ipanya from December 1899 to 1901, 1906 and from 1909 to 1910, in Mbozi 1901, in Kyimbila 1902 and from 1912 to 1916 and in Mwaya from 1907 to 1909. After the First World War he continued his service in Nyasa Province from May 1926 to Mai 1934. He married Caroline, née Jung (1873 - 1944), in 1899.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m8703
title: African health assistant at work, Nyasa, Tanzania, 1929

description: "Eingeb. Heilgehilfe bei der Arbeit. Dr. O. Fischer" ("Na[tive] health assistant at work. Dr. O. Fischer"). In the background on the right ca. eight African men wearing either patterned or white long clothes, some with caps or hats; on the left ca. five African children and one European. In the foreground on the left under a grass-roof a table with medical equipment and medicines; in the center three standing African men: the health assistant, wearing a short colored gown and holding a small bottle in his left hand, embrocates the back of a male patient.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m6738
title: Missionary Giersch sitting at a sewing machine, Tanzania, ca.1906-1929

description: "Br. Giersch an der Nähmaschine." ("Br[other] Giersch at the sewing machine."). Missionary Giersch is sitting in front of a portable sewing machine while smoking a pipe. Four young male Africans are watching how he is handling it.; Ernst Otto Giersch (1878-1946 [1947]) was a missionary of the Herrnhuter Brüdergemeine. He served from 1906 to 1908 in Mbozi (together with his wife Anna Magdalena, née Seiler) and returned home because of illness. From 1927 to 1929 he again served in Mbozi.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m8706
title: Mission house, Rungwe, Tanzania, 1929

description: "Rungwe, Missionshaus. Dr. med. O. Fischer" ("Rungwe, mission house. Dr. med. O. Fischer"). Distant view of a two-storied rectangular building with a tiled roof and a porch surrounded by trees.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m8653
title: Children playing a counting game, Utengule, Tanzania, [s.d.]

description: "Utengule. Zählspiel mit der Kugel u. Ricinuskernen." ("Utengule. Counting game with a ball a[nd] castor kernels."). In the background a grass-roofed house, two shelters and an African woman with two young children; in the foreground six African children, wearing simple clothes, bead necklaces and bracelets, kneel on the ground and play with kernels and a ball which rests on the head of one girl.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m6692
title: House of the assistant Ambokile near Rutenganio, Tanzania, ca.1929-1930

description: "Bei Rutenganyo: Haus des Helfers Ambokile. Seine Witwe u. Schwiegertöchter." ("Near Rutenganio: House of the assistant Ambokile. His widow and daughters-in-law."). View of a very long, rectangular, grass-roofed house with some women standing in front of it.; Photo taken during the visitation of Brother Samuel Baudert 1929/1930.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m8809
title: Schoolboys of the central school, Rungwe, Tanzania, ca.1929-1940

description: "Rungwe. Schüler der Zentralschule. v. Schw. Gysin" ("Rungwe. Schoolboys of the central school. [Taken] by S[ister] Gysin"). Five standing young men wearing shorts and shirts.; Editha Katharina Gysin (1899-1953) was a missionary of the Herrnhuter Brüdergemeine. She served from 1929 to 1940 in Rungwe as teacher and was engaged in the work among women.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m6740
title: Donated communion dishes for the congregation in Mbozi, Tanzania, [s.d.]

description: "Geschenktes Abendmahlsgeschirr für Mbozi." ("Donated communion dishes for Mbozi."). Open case with two glasses, one metal jug and one metal plate.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m8643
title: Landscape at the Zira River, Nyasa, Tanzania, [s.d.]

description: "Am Zyira, Häuptling Mwanda." ("At the Zira, Chief Mwanda."). Hilly landscape with a river, in the foreground seven African men, one with a white hat.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m8791
title: Schoolchildren during a writing lesson outdoors, near Mbozi, Tanzania, 1928

description: "Mbozi. In den Sand schreiben der Schüler." ("Mbozi. The schoolchildren's writing in the sand."). Worm's-eye view: in the background some large trees; on the left two African men, probably the teachers. Six children are crouching or kneeling on the ground. Together with the teachers, they are pronouncing the words which they are writing either in the sand or - like one child on the right - on a slate.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m8637
title: Young Safwa couple, Utengule, Tanzania, [s.d.]

description: "Utengule. Junges Safwaehepaar." ("Utengule. Young Safwa married couple."). On the left a man is wearing a simple cloth around his hips and one shoulder, bracelets and a close-fitting bead necklace. He carries a local ax over his uncovered shoulder. On the right a woman is wearing bead necklaces, bead bracelets and a belt of beads around her hips. She carries a basket on her head.; Cf. photo no. 7696.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m8698
title: African porters taking a break, Tukuyu, Tanzania, 1929

description: "Träger bei der Rast. (Tukuyu) Dr. O. Fischer" ("Porters during rest. (Tukuyu) Dr. O. Fischer"). In the background bushes and trees. Ca. 17 African men and boys; five of them are seated at the side of a footpath alongside a woven bag, a straw mat and a kerosene lamp.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m8671
title: Africans in front of their house, Rungwe, Tanzania, [s.d.]

description: "Rungwe. Eingeborene vor einer Hütte. (Schärf)" ("Rungwe. Natives in front of a hut. (Schärf)"). In the background trees and a round thatched house; in the foreground four adults and five children. From left to right: a man carrying a tool over one shoulder, a girl carrying a clay pot on her head, a child carrying a large plate on its head, two women standing around a mortar and holding pestles in their hands, a child carrying a tool over one shoulder and a seated older woman with two smaller children.; Photo damaged by small scratches.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m8662
title: Wooden bridge across the Kiwira River, Nyasa, Tanzania, [s.d.]

description: "Holzbrücke über den Kiwirafluss." ("Wooden bridge across the Kiwira River."). In a steep-sided valley a fast running river with woody banks. In the background a wooden bridge with railing, in the foreground on the left two missionaries standing on stones lying in the stream.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m8652
title: Women with children at the water pipe, Utengule, Tanzania, ca.1910

description: "Utengule. Schöpfstelle an der Wasserleitung und Zitronenbäume." ("Utengule. Scoop site at the water pipe and lemon trees."). In the background lemon trees, in the foreground three African women with three young children: the woman on the left, carrying a child on her back, holds a clay pot which is getting filled with running water from the pipe. The standing woman in the middle holds a clay pot on her head and the third woman kneels beside her child and a calabash.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m8633
title: African woman and girl, Nyasa, Tanzania, [s.d.]

description: "Frau und Mädchen (typ. Kleidung)" ("Woman and girl (typ[ical] clothes)"). Two African women carrying baskets on their heads: the left one wears rings around the ankles and a leather skirt, which covers the backside, the other wears strings of beads around her hips and a strip of leather embroidered with beads hanging from her hips.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m8664
title: A laundry-woman, Rungwe, Tanzania, ca.1929-1940

description: "Eine Waschfrau. (v. Schw. Gysing)" ("A laundry-woman. (of S[ister] Gysing"). In the background forest. Full-length portrait of a standing African woman, dressed with a simple cloth, carrying a zinc tub with laundry on her head. Another empty tub stands in front of the woman.; Editha Katharina Gysin (1899-1953) was a missionary of the Herrnhuter Brüdergemeine. She served from 1929 to 1940 in Rungwe as teacher and was engaged in the work among women.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m8765
title: African man suffering from hookworm, Nyasa, Tanzania, 1929

description: "Kondeland. Ankylostomiasis. Dr. med. O. Fischer" ("Konde country. Ancylostomiasis. Dr. O. Fischer"). Portrait of a standing African man with a walking stick in his right hand. He is very thin: ribs and collarbones can be seen clearly.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m8762
title: African leper with clawhand and facial nerve palsy, Nyasa, Tanzania, 1929

description: "Lepra. Krallenhand und Facialislähmung. Dr. med. O. Fischer" ("Leprosy. Clawhand and facial nerve palsy. Dr. O.Fischer"). Upper body of a seated African man suffering from leprosy, seen from the front. An African man, standing behind the leper, is holding the sick person's hands up: the man's left hand is swollen and his right hand's fingers are crooked. The expression on the face seems inflexible, like a mask.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m8615
title: Church building, Mbozi, Tanzania, 1929

description: "Mbozi. Kirche 1929." ("Mbozi. Church 1929."). Driveway with tall trees leading to a Neo-Romanesque church with ca. ten Africans on the front steps.; Cf. photo no. 6708.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m8723
title: Reparation of a building, Nyasa, Tanzania, 1929

description: "Beim Hausbau im Kondeland[.] Dr. med. O. Fischer" ("House-building in the Konde country[.] Dr. O. Fischer"). In the background large trees. Three African woman and one man repair a brick shed with corrugated-iron roof: the man stands on a table and lays the bricks which a woman, standing beside the table on a mat with stones and mortar, hands to him. The woman on the left crouches, with a brick in her hand, in front of another mat with mortar, which is kneaded thoroughly by the third woman's feet. On the left a spirit level placed upon the wall of the shed.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m8631
title: Evangelists Ulimyega and Ankyelile, Rungwe, Tanzania, 1931

description: "Rungwe. Die Evangelisten Ulimyega rechts[,] Ankyelile links." ("Rungwe. The evangelists Ulimyega on the right[,] Ankyelile on the left."). In the background a rectangular two-storied building with a tiled roof.; Additional information on the second copy: "Rungwe. Die beiden Evangelisten Ulimyega (rechts im weißen Anzug), Ankyelile (links), Juli 1931" ("Rungwe. The two evangelists Ulimyega (on the right with white suit), Ankyelile (on the left), July 1931").
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m8663
title: Woman carrying a pot of water, Nyasa, Tanzania, [s.d.]

description: "Eine Wasserträgerin mit großem Topf und Stab. Konde-Frau" ("A female water carrier with a large pot and stick. Konde woman"). In the background forest. Full-length portrait of a standing woman, dressed with a simple cloth and bangles, carrying a large clay pot on her head and holding a walking stick in her right hand.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m6732
title: A street in Mombasa, Tanzania, ca.1929-1930

description: "Mombasa[.] Eine Straße." ("Mombasa[.] A street."). View of a street with three-storied stone houses on both sides and four walking Africans.; Photo taken during the visitation of Brother Samuel Baudert 1929/1930.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m8784
title: African man suffering from spinal tuberculosis, Nyasa, Tanzania, 1929

description: "Kondeland. Tuberkulose der Wirbelsäule. Dr. med. O. Fischer" ("Konde country. Tuberculosis of the spinal column. Dr. O. Fischer"). Side view of a young African man with a deformed back and chest.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m8640
title: Caravan on its way towards Nyika, Tanzania, [s.d.]

description: "Karawane mit Siviru auf dem Wege nach Nika." ("Caravan with Siviru on the way to Nyika."). In the background some mountains, in the foreground distant view of  a missionary on horseback and ca. 40 porters.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m8619
title: Teaching personnel, Rungwe, Tanzania, [s.d.]

description: "Rungwe. Das Lehrerkollegium auf der Treppe d. Schule." ("Rungwe. The teaching staff on the steps of the school."). Five African men, one European man and one European woman. The second African from the left is the head teacher Jona.; Cf. photo no. 7772.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m8788
title: A person of short stature, Nyasa, Tanzania, 1929

description: "Chondrodystrophie (Kondeland)[.] Dr. med. O. Fischer" ("Chondrodystrophy (Konde country)[.] Dr. O. Fischer"). Full-length portrait of an African person of short stature, seen form the front. He is wearing a simple cloth around his hips and bangles around the ankles.; Cf. photo no. 8764. -- Chondrodystrophy is an inherited skeletal disorder beginning before birth; cartilage is converted to bone resulting in microsomia (dwarfism).
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m8771
title: Clinical picture of smallpox, Nyasa, Tanzania, 1929

description: "Pocken. Dr. med. O. Fischer" ("Smallpox. Dr. O. Fischer"). Rear view of an African man: his back, neck and arms are covered with small pustules.; Cf. photo no. 8748.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m8635
title: Safwa woman, Utengule, Tanzania, [s.d.]

description: "Utengule. Safwafrau mit Perlenröckchen." ("Utengule. Safwa woman with bead skirt."). The woman wears bead necklaces, bead bracelets and a belt of beads around her hips.; Cf. photo no. 7608.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m8634
title: Group portrait of African women, Utengule, Tanzania, [s.d.]

description: "Utengule. Gruppe von Arbeiterinnen." ("Utengule. Group of female workers."). Nine young women wearing bead necklaces, rings around the ankles and/or wrists and either a skirt made of simple cloth or a belt of beads around the hips. Some wear stud earrings, one wears a patterned cloth and a headband, another cowrie shells in her hair; two have shaved heads.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m6691
title: Missionary Jansa with Chief Koloso, Ipanya, Tanzania, ca.1929-1930

description: "Ipyana. Br. Jansa u. Häuptling Koloso." ("Ipanya. Br[other] Jansa and Chief Koloso."). Both men are sitting on a bench in front of a stone house.; Photo taken during the visitation of Brother Samuel Baudert 1929/1930. -- Additional information on the second copy: "Haus des Häuptlings" ("House of the chief"). -- Ferdinand Jansa (1868 - 1957) was a missionary of the Herrnhuter Brüdergemeine. He served in Ipanya from December 1899 to 1901, 1906 and from 1909 to 1910, in Mbozi 1901, in Kyimbila 1902 and from 1912 to 1916 and in Mwaya from 1907 to 1909. After the First World War he continued his service in Nyasa Province from May 1926 to Mai 1934. He married Caroline, née Jung (1873 - 1944), in 1899.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m8638
title: Church building with assembly hall servants, Utengule, Tanzania, [s.d.]

description: "Utengule. Kirche. 2 Saaldienerinnen bringen die Kollekte." ("Utengule. Church. 2 assembly hall servants bring the collection."). In the background a Neo-Romanesque church surrounded by bushes, in the foreground a missionary and two African women carrying two baskets with corn-cobs.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m8813
title: Missionary Theodor Meyer in retirement, Germany, 1930

description: "Bruder Theodor Meyer, früherer Präses von Nyassa i. Ruhestand" ("Brother Theodor Meyer, former head of the synod of Nyasa, in retirement"). Semi-profile portrait of head, shoulders and body to waist.; Cf. photo no 7356a. -- 1 photo included from the box of duplicates. -- Paul Theodor Meyer (1864-1933) was a son of the missionary Philipp Ludwig Heinrich Meyer. Together with Théophile Richard, Georg Martin and Johannes Häfner he started the missionary work of the Herrnhuter Brüdergemeine in what is now Tanzania in 1891. He founded the mission stations Rungwe in 1891, Rutenganio, Utengule and Ipanya between 1894 and 1897. From 1891 to 1916 he was superintendent of Rungwe missionary province. After being interned for three years he returned to Germany in 1919.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m8632
title: Missionary family before departing, Kyimbila, Tanzania, ca.1904-1914

description: "Schwester Stolz mit Kindern, Br. Kootz u. Br. Böhme[,] Kretschmers u. Tante Adami." ("Sister Stolz with children, Br[other] Kootz a[nd] Br[other] Böhme[,] Kretschmers a[nd] Aunt Adami."). In the background on the left and right two houses. In the foreground two rickshaws, one pulled by a donkey and the other by an African, eight Africans, two European men, four European women and five European children. One European raises his hat while shaking hands with another European in the rickshaw.; Additional information on the second copy: "[...] und Schw. Adami" ("[...] and S[ister] Adami"). -- Adolf Ferdinand Stolz (1871-1917) was a mission trader of the Herrnhuter Brüdergemeine in Ipanya from 1898 to 1902 and in Kyimbila from 1903 to 1914. He was responsible for the plantations in Kyimbila and Rutenganio. In 1898 he married Helene Elisabeth, née Kootz (1872-1899), in 1903 Anna, née Schulze. -- Johannes Kootz (1869 -1918) was a missionary of the Herrnhuter Brüdergemeine. As a young recruit with Meyer he built up  1894 Rutenganio and Ipyana station, 1895 Utengule station. Here he served as an assistant to Missionary Richard in Utengule from 1895 to 1897. In 1897 till 1915, with a vacation from 1903-1906, he was head (Vorsteher) of  the station. In 1894 he married Elise, née Kretschmer (1870 -1946). Together with his wife Elise Kootz-Kretschmer and Msaturwa Mwachitete he assembled much material concerning the Safwa. She continued the academic work concerning the Safwa after returning to Germany. See her publications: "Die Safwa. Ein ostafrikanischer Volksstamm in seinem Leben und Denken", Berlin 1926, 1929; "Großmutter Narwimba. Was sie erlebte und was sie erlitt", Herrnhut 1925; "Abriß einer Landesgeschichte von Usafwa in Ostafrika", in: Koloniale Rundschau 1929; "Tatu, das geraubte Muwembakind", Herrnhut 1933; "Sichyajunga. Ein Leben in Unruhe", Herrnhut 1938.; Ernst Emil Böhme (1870-1938) was a mission artisan of the Herrnhuter Brüdergemeine. He served from 1900 to 1903 as head of the joinery, as building foreman from 1903 to 1905 in Kyimbila, from 1905 to 1907 in Isoko and from 1907 to 1909 in Rutenganio. Until being interned in 1916 he was head of the station in Ipanya. In 1907 he married Emma, née Gründel. -- Johannes Kretschmer (1867-unknown) was a missionary of the Herrnhuter Brüdergemeine. He served in Rungwe from November 1892 to 1894, in Rutenganio from 1894 to 1902 and from 1904 to May 1916. In 1894 he married Anna, née Wicke. -- Paul Gustav Adami (1880-1956) was a mission trader of the Herrnhuter Brüdergemeine. He served in Kyimbila from 1904 to 1908 as employee and from 1908 to 1915 as procurator and business manager.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m8781
title: African man suffering from sleeping sickness, Nyasa, Tanzania, 1929

description: "Schlafkranker. Dr. med. O. Fischer" ("Person suffering from sleeping sickness. Dr. O. Fischer"). Full-length portrait of an African man.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m8639
title: Female workers during the laying of waterpipes, Utengule, Tanzania, [s.d.]

description: "Utengule. Beim Bau der Wasserleitung." ("Utengule. Laying the waterpipe."). 13 African women and girls with baskets in their hands or on their heads and one missionary stand next to a small, fast-running stream or walk over it on two boards serving as bridges.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m6729
title: Uluguru mountains near Morogoro, Tanzania, ca.1929-1930

description: "(Reisebild) Das Uluguru-Geb. bei Morogoro." ("(Travel picture) The Uluguru mountains close to Morogoro."). Treeless mountains. In front of the mountains: buildings and fields.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m8685
title: Missionaries Caroline and Ferdinand Jansa with their 'house daughters,' Nyasa, Tanzania, ca.1927-1934

description: "Geschwister Jansa mit ihren beiden 'Haustöchtern'[.] Th. Tietzen" ("Brother and Sister Jansa with their two 'house daughters'[.] Th. Tietzen"). In the background some trees. In the middle the standing couple; on their left and right two young African women wearing patterned clothes.; The German term 'Haustochter' was used to describe a young woman's position in a household, as distinct from a biological daughter or a domestic help. She lived with a family in order to receive instruction in housekeeping. -- Ferdinand Jansa (1868 - 1957) was a missionary of the Herrnhuter Brüdergemeine. He served in Ipanya from December 1899 to 1901, 1906 and from 1909 to 1910, in Mbozi 1901, in Kyimbila 1902 and from 1912 to 1916 and in Mwaya from 1907 to 1909. After the First World War he continued his service in Nyasa Province from May 1926 to Mai 1934. He married Caroline, née Jung (1873 - 1944), in 1899. -- 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.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m8697
title: Travelling in a hammock, Nyasa, Tanzania,1929

description: "Hängemattenträger überschreiten einen Fluss. Dr. O. Fischer" ("Hammock porters cross a river. Dr. O. Fischer"). Ca. 11 African men carrying a European man lying in a hammock, which is fixed to a thick, long bamboo cane, across a fast-running river. One African carries clothes and an umbrella.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m8783
title: African man suffering from yaws, Nyasa, Tanzania, 1929

description: "Kondeland. Spontan verheilte Gangosa. Dr. med. O. Fischer" ("Konde country. Spontaneously healed gangosa. Dr. O. Fischer"). Portrait of the upper body: an African man, holding a walking stick, with deformation and scar formation around the mouth, nose and eyes.; Yaws is a non-venereal systemic infectious disease caused by the bacteria Treponema pertenue. The disease is endemic in certain tropical areas. Flies of the genus Hippelates transmit infections to human beings; transmission between human beings through smear infection. The late tertiary stage of yaws may end with destruction of the skin and bones leading to disfiguration, also called Rhinopharyngitis mutilans or gangosa.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m8684
title: Young men working on the mission station, Mbozi, Tanzania, ca.1928-1929

description: "Mbozi. Arbeitsjungen auf der Station. Th. Tietzen" ("Mbozi. Workboys on the station. Th. Tietzen"). In the background large trees. In the foreground six African young men: two are seated on a bench wearing hats, three are standing behind them, one is crouching in front. One man wears a suit, the others shirts and shorts or a simple cloth around the hips. The man on the right holds a small basket with plants in his left hand.; 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.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m8709
title: Lazaro, the first African teacher at the central school, Rungwe, Tanzania, 1929

description: "Rungwe. Lazaro, der erste eingeb. Lehrer der Zentralschule. Dr. O. Fischer" ("Rungwe. Lazaro, the first na[tive] teacher of the central school. Dr. O. Fischer"). Portrait of a standing man with a book in his left hand, wearing a jacket and shorts.