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ALMW_II._MB_1899_29 · File · 1899
Part of Francke's Foundations in Halle

Author: After letters from Miss. Clean. Scope: p. 488-492. Contains, among other things: - "First construction work." (SW: dwelling house; number of workers; wages; stable and girl's house; meeting house and children's house) - "2. The famine." (SW: good harvest in Kikuju; the children; diseases; consequences of famine - sale of children) - "3rd mission activity." (SW: School; often taught by Miss's wife; Sunday sermon) Darin: Illustration "The Mumoni Mountains (north of Kitwi, 8000' high) in Ukamba".

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News from Ikutha
ALMW_II._MB_1900_24 · File · 1900
Part of Francke's Foundations in Halle
  • Author: Diaries of Senior Hofmann and Miss. Kanig. Scope: p. 383-387* 408-411. Includes, but is not limited to: - "First Fire Emergency and Help of the Wakamba." (SW: Burning down the boy's house; building a new hut; help of some Wakamba) - "2. What it looks like in Ukamba after the famine". (SW: Rain showers; harvest and sowing; banana seedlings; Wakamba put on jewellery again; preaching visit; planned raid of the Wakamba) - "3. The orphans of famine and the school." (SW: Girl to Mulango; writing and reading; biblical history lessons; road building) - "4th work on adults." (SW: Baptismal instruction; attendance at church service) - "5. The state of health." (SW: State of Missionaries) - "6th Supplement from Senior Hofmann's Report of 9 June." (SW: hardly any rain; thefts; attendance at church service) Darin: Illustration "The village elder Gomo in Manzotto in Ukamba, a friend of the dead Dr. Kolb".
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ALMW_II._MB_1895_12 · File · 1895
Part of Francke's Foundations in Halle
  • Author: Communicated by Senior Ittameier in East Africa. Scope: pp. 165-168* 187-190. Includes, among others: - "First, the plague of locusts in East Africa." (SW: devastation of the fields; loss of harvest; expected famine) - "2. A cry of distress from Ukamba." (SW: Miss. Hofmann in Mbungu; Locusts; Miss. Clean in Ikutha - malaria; preaching places and church services; missionary problems) Darin: Illustration "African grasshopper in life size" (drawn after life in Rovuma country, 19 Jan 1895)
Leipziger Missionswerk