African preacher in a circle of men, Tanzania, ca.1927-1938

"Heidenpredigt bei den Maasai" ("Preaching to heathen Maasai"). Circle of sitting Maasai warriors and elders under a tree. One European man. An African preacher wearing a sun helmet.; Wilhelm Guth (1888-1980), from Zeiskam in the Rhineland Palatinate, studied commerce before joining the Leipzig Mission as a pastor. He served in Gonja (southern Pare) from 1913 to 1917 and from 1927 to 1938. He left a large number of photographs, mostly taken by himself but including some by members of his family or fellow missionaries