Christian woman, Gonja, Tanzania, ca.1927-1938

"Christliches Gonja-Mädchen" ("Christian Gonja girl"). Woman wearing a white dress. In the background a building and trees. Half-length portrait.; 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