Africans performing a welcome dance, Nyasa, Tanzania, 1938

"Eingeborenentanz bei der Begrüssung von Geschw. Sonnenburg." ("A dance performed by Africans to welcome Brethren Sonnenburg."). On the left: a European couple, presumably the Sonnenburgs. In the background: Africans dancing in a circle.; Cf. photo no. 11227. -- Gerhard Sonnenburg (1906-1978) was a missionary of the Herrnhuter Brüdergemeine and served in East Africa. In 1937 he married Herta Steinmann. -- Theodor Tietzen (1893-1973) was a missionary of the Herrnhuter Brüdergemeine. Having married Hildegard Marie Lenz in 1921 and after having served in South Africa (West) from 1922 to 1927, he moved to East Africa where he served in Mbozi until 1929 and in Utengule until 1939. In the 1950s he returned to South Africa.