Miss Low and her village teachers, Domasi, Malawi, ca.1920-1929

"Domasi school 'bwalo'. Miss Low and village teachers - open classrooms behind". "Nyasaland". Exterior view of Domasi School, a large brick building with long arched windows and a corrugated roof. A large group of native men and women stand and sit in the court yard outside the school forming and L shape as they follow the line of the building. Miss Low, wearing overalls and a pith helmet, stands at the far left of the group. ❧ 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.