Murals, Tabora, Unyamwezi, Tanzania, 1933

"Tabora. Eingeborenenkunst an einer Hauswand im Eingeborenenviertel, v. l. n. r.: Axt, Flasche, Baum (Kapok?), Esel, Twiga (=Giraffe) an einer Palme fressend" ("Tabora. Indigenous peoples' art on the wall of a house in the indigenous peoples' neighbourhood, from left to right: Axe, flask, tree (kapok?), donkey, twiga (=giraffe) eating from a palm tree"). The wall of the house that has a thatched roof. A window. The pictures are painted on a white background. To the right of the tree an animal. The word twiga (Swahili for giraffe) is written next to the picture of the giraffe.; c.f. pictures nos. IMP-HRN-BOX-UNY-1-09202, IMP-HRN-BOX-UNY-1-09180.; Paul Albert Theile, born in 1908 in Niesky (Germany), was a theologian and preacher. He was no missionary in Africa, but went on an educational journey to East Africa in 1933 and to South Africa in 1934. He was a mission deputy in Montmirail (France) from 1934 till 1938. In 1948 he married Susette Schmidt. After 1962 he was director of the Moravian Church in Switzerland. He died in 1995 in Birsfelden (near Basel / Switzerland).