Chief Munyama of Umambwe-Nkoswe, Nyasa, Tanzania, 1936

"Munyama d. Oberhäuptling v. Umambwe-Nkoswa der uns schon seit Jahren bittet, in sein Gebiet z. kommen." ("Munyama, Paramount Chief o[f] Umambwe-Nkoswe, who has been asking us for years to come into his area."). The chief holds a sun helmet and a small stick decorated with fur(?) in his hands. In the background thatched huts.; 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.