Hospital, Usoke, Unyamwezi, Tanzania, 1933

"Ussoke, Hospital. Im Vordergrund ein abgeerntetes Maisfeld, im Hintergrund Kapokbäume. Links Frauenklinik, dann Hauptgebäude, etwas zurück Rundhütten für die Innen-Patienten, dann Säuglingsheim, jetzt anders verwand" ("Ussoke, hospital. In the foreground a harvested maize field, in the background kapok trees. On the left the gynaecological hospital, then main building, a bit further back round huts for the in-patients, then the nurselings' home"). The harvested maize field in the foregroung, buildings and trees in between.; c.f. pictures nos. 9172, 9182.--Kapok (Ceiba pentandra) is a tropical tree native to Mexico, Central America and the Caribbean, northern South America, and to tropical west Africa. The word is also used for the fibre obtained from its seed pods. The tree is also known as the Java cotton, Java kapok, or ceiba. It can grow to 60-70 m.; Paul Albert Theile, born in 1908 in Niesky (Germany), was a theologian and preacher. He was no missionary in Africa, but went on an educational journey to East Africa in 1933 and to South Africa in 1934. He was a mission deputy in Montmirail (France) from 1934 till 1938. In 1948 he married Susette Schmidt. After 1962 he was director of the Moravian Church in Switzerland. He died in 1995 in Birsfelden (near Basel / Switzerland).