Group photograph, Domasi, Malawi, ca.1920-1929

" Miss Low, Mr F. W. Bowman, Miss Muir, Chief Kawinga and mohammedan teacher[?]". "Nyasaland [Malawi]". Portrait of five individuals sitting for a group photograph and are listed on the back The mission workers sit on deck chairs and Mr Bowman sits in the middle holding a pipe with his pith helmet removed. In front, on a woven mat, sit two native Africans cross-legged, the individual on the left is presumably Chief Kawinga. The background shows several mission buildings and a number of trees. This photograph is one of several taken during Miss Muir's time serving in the Domasi mission where she gave medical support throughout the region. ❧ The Domasi Mission was founded in 1884 by Rev. Alexander Hetherwick (1860-1939). It is one of a number of important missions in Southern Nyasaland and takes its name from the largest river that flows into Lake Shirwa [Chilwa] on the western shore. It is situated north of Blantyre near Mount Zomba. The station was central to the medical work in the area, and trained girls in industrial and domestic work. Mr Hetherwick was an accomplished linguist and translated the New Testament in to the Yao language and wrote manuals on the Yao and Nyanja languages. ❧ This image belongs to an album of photographs collected by Dr. Stevenson and includes images from India, China and Africa.