Mputi, outstation of Baziya, South Africa East, 1933-12-11

"Mputi, Außenstation von Baziya. Zwei heidnische Ratsleute des Häuptlings Zwelibangile (vgl. Nord und Süd, Dez. 33); einer hält eine Ansprache an der zurückgekehrten B. Blohm. Der Häuptling sitzt mit gesenktem Haupt; er ist Heide, wie alle unten sitzenden" ("Mputi, outstation of Baziya. Two heathen counsellors of the chief Zwelibangile (cp. North and South, Dec. 33); one is addressing an assembly at the returned B. Blohm. The chief is sitting with a lowered head; he is a heathen like all others sitting on the ground"). A group of people: Two men standing wrapped in blankets or draperies, wearing hats. Two other men are sitting on chairs, wearing hats. One of them is lowering his head. Other men are sitting on the ground, wearing hats and draperies.; c.f. picture no. IMP-HRN-BOX-SAO-5-09472.; 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).姆普蒂（Mputi）为巴齐亚（Baziya）的外围据点。首领兹韦利巴恩吉莱（Zwelibangile）麾下的两位异教议事顾问（参见《北方与南方》1933年12月刊，第33页）：其中一人正向集会发表演说，演说对象为归来的B·布洛姆（B. Blohm）；首领垂首而坐，与其余所有席地而坐的众人一样，均为异教徒。画面中共有一组人物：两名男子身披毛毯或织物、头戴礼帽站立；另有两名男子头戴礼帽坐在椅子上，其中一人正垂首；其余男子均头戴礼帽、身披织物席地而坐。参见编号为IMP-HRN-BOX-SAO-5-09472的图片。保罗·阿尔伯特·泰勒（Paul Albert Theile）于1908年生于德国尼斯基（Niesky），为神学家与传教士。他并未以传教士身份赴非，而是于1933年前往东非、1934年前往南非开展教育考察。1934年至1938年间，他担任法国蒙米赖（Montmirail）的传教代表。1948年，他与苏塞特·施密特（Susette Schmidt）成婚。1962年起，他出任瑞士摩拉维亚教会总监，并于1995年在瑞士巴塞尔附近的比尔斯费尔登（Birsfelden）逝世。