60 Years in East Africa by Voigt, Werner -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

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Title Page Copyright Contents Frontispiece Epigraph Dedication Prologue PART ONE My Dream Begins in Childhood

Childhood Memories The 1914 War Growing Up

PART TWO My Early Years as Plantation Manager and Adventurer

Bagamoyo

Old watchtower/observation post outside Bagamoyo First German administrative building, Bagamoyo Old well (in former times, slaves were washed while sitting on the seat shown here) Coconut processing factory yard, Bagamoyo, 1927 Typical coastal African house The beach in Bagamoyo. This is where dhows came to shore because larger ships were forced to anchor farther out in deeper water.

My First African Christmas

A salt saline (salt evaporation operation) Mr. Voigt and the first hand-operated gramo-phone—a sensa-tion, 1927/28 Beginning of plantation, 1927

Kidagoni

Werner Voigt and Mr. Arras in front of Mr. Voigt’s palm leaf hut, 1927 W. Voigt and his cook with a dwarf coconut palm between them, 1927

Malaria Locusts Little Animal Stories Leni My Best Cook The Indian Ocean A Fateful Outrigger Trip

Ngalawa, an outrigger The former mayor of Bagamoyo, a very good friend of Mr. Voigt’s

The Old Slaver I Get New Neighbours Stomach Trouble On Leave Back in Bagamoyo

PART THREE My Own Plantation

Up to Mufindi

Railway station, Dar es Salaam, 1930 Railway station in Dodoma; passengers and goods preparing for departure to Iringa, 1930 Cape to Cairo Road in the rainy season Ford through Ruaha River—vehicle is pushed through Ford through Ruaha River—vehicle is pushed through German settlers arrive in Iringa, 1928 Main road in Iringa, 1928

The Settlers The Settlements

Mufindi Highlands Settlers ploughing with oxen A settler’s house, walls made from wooden frame and clay; thatched roof

Bush Ambulance

Post office in Mufindi, still in operation in 1995

Some Settler Types The Lupa Goldfields

Panning for gold at the Lupa Goldfields Panning for gold at the Lupa Goldfields

We Build a New House

Pit sawing boards for Voigt house Pit sawing boards for Voigt house Voigt house, 1934

PART FOUR Helga Is Coming

Helga Arrives

Helga on the road to their house, 1934 (Note: Compare the small cypresses at the left to those in the picture on page 204; this shows the same road in 1965, thirty-one years later.)

Nazi Time The Trial Safari Helga’s Ship Acquaintance The Oil Mill A Very Special Honeymoon

The oil mill District officer in his Boxbody

The Dance

Werner with eland

Liuli

In Dugout on Lake Nyasa, Helga Wearing a “topi” Bridge in the bush

The Big Disappointment Pyrethrum

Werner Voigt standing in his Pyrethrum, shortly before the War, 1939

An African Eye Specialist Father’s Death

First German tea factory (approx. 1932) The first tea produced in Mufindi The first tea produced in Mufindi being loaded Mufindi settlers

PART FIVE War and Interment

Everything Is Taken Away Baviaansport The Foreign Legionnaires Bad News from the Women’s Camp in Salisbury Norton Internment Camp

Werner and Helga Voigt with children Werner (Jr) and Peter, Norton Internment Camp, 1946 Helga Voigt with children Werner (Jr), Peter and Evelyn, Norton Internment Camp, 1947 Certificate identifying Werner Voigt as a member of the Antinazi Democratic Group in Norton Internment Camp

Steward Voigt Apartheid – 1947

PART SIX Starting Over with Nothing

Back to Mufindi

Voigt family back in Mufindi after internment, 1949

A Fair Lady Another Job The Nachingwea Groundnut Scheme A Little Surprise Peter Is Coming An African Episode

Two of the Voigts’ staff and the children; Omari started as an ayah (babysitter) and played an increasingly important role in various positions. Ena was an ayah and is holding Evelyn; Peter and Veronika are sitting in front.

Building in Dar es Salaam Bagamoyo 1951 Outrigger Trip to Dar es Salaam We Become Tea Planters

Labourer Hieronomus, preparing for tea planting Young tea

Normal Members of Society Again

Driveway to Voigt house, 1965 (compare to picture on page 119) Voigt house with the extension, 1965 Voigt children, Ras Roale

Werner’s Death Our Island Paradise

Ras Roale, the Voigts’ island paradise Unloading supplies Ras Roale scenery Building a bungalow in Mufindi Completed bungalow on Ras Roale Original lifeboat The boat transformed into a cabin cruiser, using timber from trees Mr. Voigt planted shortly after arrival in Mufindi Transport of lifeboat from Dar es Salaam to Mufindi Voigt children with fish Werner Voigt and all three children on the island Helga with Peter and Veronika Some fish caught off the island

A Planter’s Life on Kifulilo

PART SEVEN Rwanda Times – Our Years Apart

Rwanda Mulindi

Cutting papyrus in the swamp Canal similar to the one the woman fell into Tea in Mulindi Valley Dancers

On Leave Changugu Bukavu Helga Comes to Rwanda

PART EIGHT The Dream Fades

Kifulilo

Kifulilo tea plantation 1985, shortly before Helga and Werner Voigt left Tanzania Tea pluckers Helga with visitors to Kifulilo More visitors

Tanzania Is Independent

Helga and Werner Voigt, 1983 Werner Voigt in front of his tea

Our Wheel Falls Off Some Nasty Visitors More Nasty Visitors Retirement The Court Case

PART NINE The Sale of Our Plantation Epilogue

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