Chaga building a house, Tanzania, ca. 1911-1938

"Dschagga beim Hausbau" ("Chaga building a house"). Working adults and children thatching the roof with grass. Grass bundles lying in the front.; 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