River Didesa between Bedele and Jima, Ethiopia, 1929

View over the river Didesa. In the background the stone pillars of an unfinished bridge, to the right a canoe with three travelers and two oarsmen in it crossing the river.; cf. picture no. ELM/AE/Fotos - 119, 120. -- The picture was taken on Hermann Bahlburg's second return trip. -- Hermann Bahlburg (1892-1962) was the leader of the Galla [Oromo] mission of the Hermannsburg mission in Ethiopia from 1927 until his internment in 1941. He was based mostly in Adis Abeba, where he promoted the founding of a German school and church. He was part of the first caravan to Aira and undertook several journeys to the newly established mission stations in Aira and Bedele. From 1941 to 1948 he was interned by the British occupying forces. Afterwards he returned to Germany, where he continued his work as missionary until he was banned by the leadership of the Hermannsburger Missionsanstalt. He was posthumously rehabilitated in 2007.