Congregants in front of the church after a baptism service, Gonja, Tanzania, ca.1911-1914

"Nach dem Gottesdienst an einem Tauffest in Gonja" ("After the service at a baptism in Gonja"). A crowd in front of the church. The men wearing caps and 'kanzu', some of the women cloths. Among them one European woman.; Wilhelm Guth (1888-1980), from Zeiskam in the Rhineland Palatinate, studied commerce before joining the Leipzig Mission as a pastor. He served in Gonja (southern Pare) from 1913 to 1917 and from 1927 to 1938. He left a large number of photographs, mostly taken by himself but including some by members of his family or fellow missionaries.