Acknowledgement

I wish to express my sincerest thanks to Egoli Company GmBh, Martin, Bettina, Michael, Christiane, Richard and Hans for their support and encouragement.

I am indebted to uncle Mahmood Mkwawa and cousin Fulgence Malangalila for their valuable and tireless support whilst visiting historic places in Iringa. You made the project a success.

I want to express my very deep gratitude to my sisters, Sophia, Hafsa and my brothers, Shaib, Abas and Saleh for their support and valuable comments on the project.

I got married whilst in the project, I therefore would like to take this opportunity to express my deepest gratitude to my family, the family of Dr. Uledi, relatives and friends for their love, patience and support that made my marriage possible. Thank you again from the bottom of my heart.

I am also grateful to everyone whose name is not in the above list for his/her support and valuable comments on the project.

Museums and Archives:
Overseas museum Bremen (Peter Junge, Silke Seybold and Ruth Ilka Nuess)
Ethnologi museum Berlin (Angelika Tunis and Hans Joachim Radosuboff)
Anthropologi collections (Ulrich Creutz)
German historical museum (Lilo Gruner)
Picture archives Prussian culture possession (Heidrun small)
Political archives of the Foreign Office (Knud Piening)
Federal archives (Franz Goettlicher and noble-trusts Wolff)

Many thanks to:
Susan Arndt, Bernd Arnold, Anjoushka bear, Edda Baumann, Giselher Blesse, Robert Bromley, Frances Calvert, Teresa Delgado, January George German, Omar Diallo, Wolfgang Dinter, Wolfgang kind of hitting a corner, George Emmanuel, Paul Exner, Karolina skin, Maarit Gentner, January beard Gewald, Imma Harms, Peter Heller, Christian Jessen Klingenberg, Samuel J. Kihava, Jakob Kirchheim, John Kitime, Ulrike king, Jennifer head, Felix Kuballa, welino Magidang, Emmanuel Mahiga, Mrisho Mangwata, Sebastian K.K. Mbao, W.Mkangwa, Margitta Moellgaard, Thomas Morlang, Karume Mtono, Ignas Muyinga, Hamisi Muyinga, Lawadi Muyinga, Francis Mwakalinga, Awobokile Mwakanema, Mario Mwalambila Mlawa, Saidi Nassoro Mgomakimbo Mwanamwani Mwachongelingenzi, Kassim Mzee, Tutu Mzee, Stephanie Neumann, Bernard Nnunduma, H.Glenn penny, Martin Riemer, Monique Rival, iris rotting shepherd, Lars Ruetz, Klaus shepherd, Heike Schmidt, Christine Stelzig, Burkhard Vieweg, Gregory Weeks, Ulrike white, Albrecht Wiedmann, Thomas Winkelkotte, Raphael Wisiko, Albert Wirz, Susanne Ziegler, Juergen carpenter, Students and Teachers of the Bagamoyo college of arts and Students of Mkwawa Secondary School Iringa.