Children's games: girls carrying water, Gonja, Tanzania, 1927

"Kinderspiele anläßlich des Besuchs von D. Ihmels und Frau in Gonja: Mädchen beim Wassertragen" ("Children's games on the occasion of the visit of Dr. Ihmels and wife to Gonja: girls carrying water"). Crowd forming a circle, on the left side a European. Three girls competing. In the background a house thatched with plant fiber.; Cf. photo no. 862, album no. 3. For the house cf. photo no. 849, album no. 3. For the place cf. photo no. 896, album no. 3. -- 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