Nomolizo and Mlandeli Silinga, two children of J. Silinga, South Africa East, [s.d.]

"Nomolizo und Mlandeli Silinga. Zwei Kinder von J. Silinga" ("Nomolizo and Mlandeli Silinga. Two children of J. Silinga"). Two children. Each is holding a stick in the right hand. The child on the left is wearing a light coloured skirt or pinafore and is holding a letter in the left hand. The child on the right side is smaller and is dressed in shorts and a jacket. Behind them are trees, shrubs, houses and a fence.; Johnson W. Silinga, born in Baziya (South Africa East) in 1893, was an indigenous brother of the Moravian Church. He was a mission assistant from 1927 onwards.--Wilhelm Friedrich Karl Blohm, born in 1884 in Keffenbrinck (Germany), was a carpenter. In 1911 he married Marie Bürger. He started his missionary work in 1911 in Unyamwezi (East Africa). After being imprisoned by the Belgians from 1916 till 1917 he returned to Germany. From 1922 till 1945 he worked as a missionary in Baziya (South Africa). He died in Baziya in 1945.; c.f. pictures nos. IMP-HRN-BOX-SAO-6-09988, -09989.