Mlandeli, the son of Johnson Silinga, South Africa East, 1933-12-10

"Mlandeli (’Jünger’) Silinga, Sohn des Predigers Johnson Silinga" ("Mlandeli ('disciple') Silinga, son of the preacher Johnson Silinga"). A small boy dressed in lightly coloured trousers, a blouse and a jacket. Behind him several men standing, a carriage, horses and a house.; 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.--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).