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A day in Jimba
ALMW_II._MB_1895_4 · File · 1895
Part of Francke's Foundations in Halle

Author: From a letter from Miss. A little turner in Jimba. Scope: p. 67-72. Includes, among other things: - (SW: demographic information about the station; school and lessons - baptismal students and catechumens; church services; Martin - native Christian; translation of the catechism; Ngoma - entertainments; nightly drumming)

Leipziger Missionswerk
ALMW_II._MB_1894_2 · File · 1894
Part of Francke's Foundations in Halle
  • Author: According to reports by missionaries Wenderlein and Tremel. Scope: p. 13-16* 33-36. Contains, among other things: - (SW: Ikutha - station description; harvest time; agriculture; Wakamba - absence at Sunday meetings, arguments after drinking bouts, wage demands for the "work" of learning to read and write; Miss. (SW: Jimba - stone dwelling house; information about the past life of the baptized: Nathanael, Helena, Elisabeth, Philippo)
Leipziger Missionswerk
ALMW_II._MB_1895_30 · File · 1895
Part of Francke's Foundations in Halle

Author: After messages from Miss. Room in Jimba. Scope: p. 436-440. Contains, among other things: - (SW: due to the Arab uprising there are uncertainties in Jimba and Mbungu - journey of Miss. von Lany and the brides of Miss. Althaus und Müller moved; chiefs Mbaruku and Aziz; description of the station; school; residents) Darin: Illustration "The mission school in Jimba. (Miss. Fight)

Leipziger Missionswerk
ALMW_II._MB_1894_5 · File · 1894
Part of Francke's Foundations in Halle
  • Author: Miss's report. Fight in Jimba. Scope: p. 110-114* 130-133. Contains, among other things: - "1. A new mission house. The community and the school." (SW: Inauguration of the two-storey residential building; start of construction of a new assembly house; Communion with 13 participants; 27 pupils regularly attend classes) - "2. A meeting of the village community. (SW: Census; Stegbau) - "3. The Wakamba." (SW: Settlement around Jimba) Darin: Illustration "The first mission house in Jimba".
Leipziger Missionswerk
News from Ikutha
ALMW_II._MB_1893_13 · File · 1893
Part of Francke's Foundations in Halle

Author: From a letter from Miss. Neuberlich, 23. May 1893. Scope: S. 430-435. Contains et al: - (SW: intended sermon journey to Mutha; worship meetings; school - no reading books; wages claimed from pupils; Maimu spirits; "fairy tales" of the arrival of the Son of God in Tzomba; superstition; history of origin of the Wakamba, Wagalla and Waguasi; Wakamba - 15 clans; description of political conditions; mythology; geography - mapping of areas between Athi and Tana) Darin: Illustration "School in Jimba (East Africa), (Swahili and Wakamba children)".

Leipziger Missionswerk
News from Jimba
ALMW_II._MB_1900_4 · File · 1900
Part of Francke's Foundations in Halle

Author: According to Miss's diaries. Pfitzinger and Mendner. Scope: p. 61-63. Contains, among other things: - "The mission work." (SW: lessons and church services; indigenous helpers give reading and writing lessons) - "All sorts of tribulations." (SW: famine; smallpox; theft; snake bite)

Leipziger Missionswerk
News from Jimba
ALMW_II._MB_1898_21 · File · 1898
Part of Francke's Foundations in Halle

Author: According to the diary of Miss. Turnie. Scope: pp. 294-296. Includes, among others: - "First illness." (SW: Wenderlein's disease; help from Miss. Fühler and Fuchs) - "2nd church and mission work." (SW: Identification of village elders; examination and baptism; Christian marriage; attendance at church service; school; the first sermons of Miss. "Third cruelty and ingratitude of the Wakamba." (SW: Death of a Wakamba; problems with the servant Samuel; Jimba Christians go to Kilindini)

Leipziger Missionswerk
News from Jimba
ALMW_II._MB_1898_32 · File · 1898
Part of Francke's Foundations in Halle

Author: According to the diaries of the missionaries Fühler and Fuchs. Scope: p. 447-450. Contains, among other things: - "First parish and school." (SW: counting the inhabitants of Jimba; attending church service; saying goodbye to Wenderlein; appointing 4 elders; drought; boarding students) - "2. All kinds of work." (SW: daily routine; medical treatment) - "3rd Blessing of European Civilization." (SW: Visit by former students)

Leipziger Missionswerk
The Jimba Station
ALMW_II._MB_1898_11 · File · 1898
Part of Francke's Foundations in Halle
  • Author: From Miss's diary. Wenderlein, Dec. 1897. Scope: pp. 134-137* 156-158. Includes among others: - "First moves from Jimba (SW: smallpox; processions) - "Second trouble of all kinds in the care of the congregation." (SW: Communion; divine service) - "3. Swahili and Wakamba in Jimba." (SW: opposition - conflict) - "4th construction of a new chapel." - "Fifth Missionary Work." (SW: school; baptismal instruction; attendance at church service; thunderstorms; illness; Christmas)
Leipziger Missionswerk
Two months in Jimba.
ALMW_II._MB_1900_19 · File · 1900
Part of Francke's Foundations in Halle

Author: According to Miss's diary. Mendner. Scope: pp. 272-276. Contains, among other things: - "Tagewerk during Miss. Pfitzinger's absence." (SW: Departure of Miss Pfitzimger to Ikutha; school and church service; children stealing food frequently; beginning of maize harvest; treatment of the sick; theft) - "After Br. Pfitzinger's return, 4th to 28th February". (SW: arrest of a burglar; division of labour; lessons; downpours) Darin: "Three Dschaggamädchen in Madschame".

Leipziger Missionswerk