International Mission Photography Archive (IMPA)

"Händlerdorf in Moschi, Deutsch-Ost-Afrika." ("A traders' village in Moshi, German East Africa."). A road lined with thatched huts. African women are walking on the road and carrying loads on their heads. On the left: an African family (two adults, two children) is standing in front of a hut.; Postcard published by the Leipzig Mission. -- This postcard was sent. -- Cf. original photograph "Strasse in Moschi" ("Road in Moshi"). It can be seen in the Leipzig Mission Archive. -- The Mission station in Moshi was founded in 1896. -- Johannes Schanz (1876-1963) was a missionary of the Leipzig Mission. He served in Moshi and Mamba from 1901 to 1910. Schanz is probably the photographer."Wie Jung-Afrika seine Schulexempel ausrechnet!" ("How 'Young Africa' does its sums."). Two African boys are crouching and facing each other. Between them: four rows of small holes dug in the ground, similar to the game known as "bao" in East Africa. The boys are putting small stones into the holes.; Postcard published by the Leipzig Mission.
Abilene Christian University 
Basel Mission 
Bibliothèque du Défap 
Catholic Foreign Mission Society of America 
CSWC, University of Edinburgh 
Danmission, Copenhagen 
DM-Échange et Mission 
Hermannsburg Mission 
Leipzig Mission 
Moravian Church, Herrnhut 
Mission and Diakonia Archives, VID, Stavanger 
Emil Müller Collection 
National Library of Scotland 
School of Oriental and African Studies 
Yale Divinity School Library 
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