Skip to main content

tv   Fath Matters  Deutsche Welle  January 8, 2023 9:30pm-10:00pm CET

9:30 pm
on their way sustainable cultivation offers, promising solutions to do in 60 minutes on d. w. ah, rearing to read. ah, everyone who loves books has to go insane. ah, the d w literature list 100 german must reads. ah ah ah s f stand and he is risen. what corner especially likes to sing this easter him
9:31 pm
because it was composed in tanzania, one of the few hymns of african origin. and the german lutheran hymnal, tanzania is where booth corona was born. the daughter of a missionary when she left africa, she was too young to have any personal memories. but now aged 92, she wants to see tanza nia for herself. ah, ah, shoot, a nice souvenir. actually it has a few cracks, but it still sounds good. i love the clean feelin oh,
9:32 pm
the retired teacher is confident about making the journey playing. the piano and gardening have kept her young. she says what kona taught music and religion to generations of children. and she continues to offer her services in the parish to prepare for her trip. she's reading documents and letters of her father, otoh ha, gonna stored in the archives of the lutheran missionary society. shortly after completing his theology studies pastor hog in i was sent to africa. the german colonial period and east africa was already a thing of the past. with the end of the 1st world war, in 1918, the victorious allies were mandated by the league of nations to administer the german overseas territories. most of the german missionaries were forced to leave. but 10 years later, the envoys of the berlin based bethel mission returned among them. otto ha, gonna in jesus service as a 1927 film put it souvenirs
9:33 pm
from africa. arnold's corona's only link with tanzania. she has fond memories of her parents talking about africa on the landscape. the people the simple life guns i take that he didn't, they told us about everyday life in africa yet. and i for instance, they had a boy who helped them in the kitchen. and as i, unlike in europe, even fetching water and not the aaron's too much more time than in a gym and household me aside financial and we always listened with great interest. if 5 out omby missouri inch, we'll see it so good. on the day before, she's due to leave woot packs, photos, and documents from her family's time in africa to give the tanzanian parish. she herself doesn't have any personal memories of the country. when her mother became gravely ill, the family had to leave. when home was just 2 years old. of
9:34 pm
the essence, i had every minute i photographed my birth certificate for the 1st page, did you? it was issued in bo colbert ward. at that time the country was administered by the british. so its in english. okay. english. oh gosh, dude. hasty kid lynn is the church. my father built of portals then photos of us girls. oh, here again with a group of black and white children. he don't teach at home to and mostly my father's school house will father with his students who run before leaving for the british mandated territory. pastor auto ha, gonna had to take an english course. he also studied swahili and other african languages, well known as goods. grand daughter layla is boning up on the local customs. she'll be accompanying booth on the journey. the him 8 of them older people are often referred to as baba or mama. lowana ware. wow. can i know that word from my father
9:35 pm
co here? he means good bye. i remember that too. we can learn the stuff to morrow on the plane. after a 9 hour flight, they have a stop over and doris salaam townsend, he has financial capital. they've been joined by their cousin, a doctor who's familiar with africa kilimanjaro africa's highest mountain. that means it's not much farther to the ca gave her region bordering lake victoria, on tans and he has north western boundary. the journey by ship took holt's father several weeks they land at bo cobra airport, located in the border triangle of tanzania, rwanda and uganda. their excitement mounts what has become of the parish roots?
9:36 pm
father established 2 representatives of the lutheran diocese are there to meet the travellers. they'd like to take hold straight to the place she was born. but 1st they go to the headquarters of the lutheran church and bu, cova. here in north western tanzania, people live off the border trade with the neighboring countries of rwanda and uganda. from fishing, coffee and bananas, christians and muslims make up around 35 percent of the tanzanian population. there are also hindus and animist communities. islam was brought to the tanzanian mainland and the 19th century by muslim missionaries from the sultan. it of oman. but in the ca, gaga region,
9:37 pm
most people are christian. the largest church and bo cova is the roman catholic cathedral. the headquarters of the lutheran diocese is much simpler, but the complex includes a guest house restaurant and seminar rooms with the she go man. yes. magazine. yeah. yeah. why don't zia the corn and what is it said dots that should. yeah. bishop abednego, cash. i'm chava studied in germany and is curious about the photos and reminiscences of the missionary auto ha, gonna has the added into not mine, which i have to port. his view of the german missionary's contribution is positive . he cites the words of the 1st indigenous bishop of the lutheran church in tanzania, andrea cottages whole and knocked him. d off to the german missionaries, left the country because of the war. he said weak. the church in tanzania is now an orphan shade. danza near his t este fed rice,
9:38 pm
but the bishop tells his visitors that unlike the churches in europe, the african church is constantly growing. however, he is concerned about a new development in east africa. pentecostal missionaries are competing with the established churches. i would escalated misty, their shame that in itself wouldn't be bad. the bad thing is that they are spreading false teachings. it add somebody, for instance, some of them say the sink should only pray without going to the hospital who are bitten on it, some crank and houses again. no, he ali, together they sing the easter him more in swahili and german 4. ah, ah, is dash dawn done heartily. oh, thought george jonesy. oh, oh god. yes, america will ye?
9:39 pm
cries u g o. yeah. long i would you go mines of no for an african him song in german, that's very ran this image till then finally on take iga rama where hood corner was born. 50 kilometers in the direction of the ugandan border. this would have been almost a day's journey for her father of 100 years ago, but the missionaries put up with many hardships, gladly they missoula could that the concept of mission that was current 100 years ago no longer exists, as the absolute claim of any one religion has long since been replaced by into religious dialog up good form. the pastors of the battle missionary society had no doubts about the universal validity of christianity. they came to convert the
9:40 pm
africans in his letters and records whose father describes the native religions as pagan serving of spirits. traditions such as polygamy were condemned. miss, ah, finally they arrive, antigua rama, lutheran church. the missionaries daughter has returned and she is given a warm welcome. older members of the community shake her hand. it seems that otto hawkins has not been forgotten. even after almost a 100 years, a service is held in honor of the guests. today, the king, rama parrish has almost 4000 members. it's one of the largest in the diocese. most of the residents here are subsistence farmers and is welcoming address church, elder enough, come lazara,
9:41 pm
recalls the difficult beginnings of the 1st christians in this area. even before the arrival of german missionaries, regular went in little full, 14 people had been paid by the end of this year miss. from uganda. this now says congregation was forced to worship. you may see if could only go from gama may do little whoa! who may do some empty for fear over the christian king because we were a witch drama. his power, the 1st church was admitted to one where the visionary photo. huh. i made with you to please doctor. we live one is one big go. yeah, i didn't end up with a new parishioner is baptized bunny. when who and her siblings were baptized. here,
9:42 pm
there were already african pastors. i flatter at it my father wanted his 1st child to be baptized by a black pasta that fill the tuft with good, often, which that's part of the image i have of my parents sat out of all they always treated africans as they're equal scanner. you mouth oh, cookie. in the collections during church services don't even cover the basic causes. a lutheran church and tanzania depends on partnerships with other countries, especially with parishes in germany. oh, the german lutheran church hasn't sent out any missionaries for more than 50 years . the evangelizing situation is reversed. today the german church is learning from tanzania. it's in get you, it's a younger church. he is, they don't have the same hierarchy,
9:43 pm
provide tools. they don't have our enormous administrative burden. it might show us the passions and not as big as our parishes them manageable. you hub links, the easy i t and they don't have the problems and concerns that our past has and church members have to cope with. he, he kinds of them to slacken. ha! at times capt hammon. the old church registers are brought out baptisms, weddings, funerals, if everything has been recorded here. in 1930, she comes across her father's name. this is auto, hannah. if you look at your book via a busy, the parish is relaxed about its history. the question of whether the africans had any reservations about the european missionaries amuses the parish elders with another 2. 0 people people. i don't know what happened, but to the when the screws were established,
9:44 pm
people like penance like to send their kids, the screws, her and her the disability which was published awesome. by the way, the missionaries, her little people went there for treatment. our church is principally a gym and church because even our song sa gym over lunch. the guests learn how the parish has developed during the past. decades to new schools have opened. soon a new church will be built the school building where hoot corona's father taught is still standing. they want to show it to her after lunch, and i love them being the 5th for in the mission of ed. thank you. good, am i asking the elementary school of key gramma, the swahili word for school is sheila pronounced to like the german word,
9:45 pm
a relic of the colonial era than that when the 220 pupils are taught here. elementary school is compulsory in tanzania, and attendance is free. and secondary schools on the other hand, charge tuition fees. that's beyond the means of many parents, just treat issue one's picking it during one i'm tune, guardian, warrior. i know you were school was built by a pasta. our game by the name of auto ha, gonna from germany. the door came more than they were your mamma. he was here from 1928 to 1932. you mom and i'm yeah. and this lady is one of his children. are you and broke up, what did you understand? got more than i listen music here. the children respond with a lively song and appropriate tribute to the retired music teacher from germany.
9:46 pm
with then it's on to the main building built of brick over 90 years ago. you the thought that it was come from the people who was in the community and especially the pupils had to lend a hand and constructing the school. pastor huggins attached great importance to this, and not only because it cut costs what the missionaries called work training was part of their educational concept. they wanted africans to learn the suppose a german virtues of diligence and discipline hog. and i noted i was pleasantly surprised by the cheerful competition with which the boys went about this. not so easy task of pounding the clay in 2 hour sessions over just 5 afternoons. we were able to produce more than 800 bricks and the school is still standing bouquet further because this who he
9:47 pm
butte, this room, that's where i had my primary education. it was seeking visually i this is can not, that's exactly the picture. we have a father with this with this. it was it does it others he and i love i types of game that's what her father called sewing the seed of god's word. schoolwork was an important instrument of evangelization for the missionaries hug. and i campaigned with his superiors and the lutheran missionary society to set up a complete christian school system in the region. we cannot limit ourselves to teaching reading and writing in the village schools and leave further education to the government. schools which is 99 to
9:48 pm
day, almost a century later, huggins vision has become reality. private schools run by the churches have a better reputation than state schools in tanzania. a christian education is a passport to social advancement. argona advocated a soft missionary approach, respecting the african languages, social structures, customs, and traditions. the incumbent, bishop of bu cobra, says that this was what made it possible for an african national church to emerge. and these missionaries using the the language, the language of the traditional religions to explicate, to explain to in dublin, their bible in their chretien, their teachings. for example, the name good was taken from the african tradition at any gym. the education was
9:49 pm
you, they establish it was used the as a means of a quote on a vision we have. we're freedom fighters will weigh. i told the by missionaries, it was missionary schools, and they also established you hospitals in order to heave several diseases which had him dead air, many african back in teague, a rama booth is shown a clinic run by the church. it was originally established by missionaries from germany. there is no national health insurance scheme in tanzania. patients must pay for treatment themselves, but with assistance from partner parishes. some of them in germany, the church in tanzania can help some of the poorest patients. and a senior doctor explains that the h i v and malaria programs organized by the government are free of charge, vaccinations against the corona virus are also free to then go back and tell you that we have, we have
9:50 pm
a campaign to reach those who cannot get to the hospital. so you for mobile panics. so we got a g to day that i had 2 nurses who info box vaccination to reach the poor, the life expenses of getting had day and had bed. happiness la newburgh confirms this assessment. the widow and mother of 2 school aged children runs a small diner on the main street of kiko rama. today there is fish and rice on the menu. her earnings are no more than one euro a day. past or some will resolve comes to her assistance. the widow can't expect any support from the state or the church is her only hope a killer.
9:51 pm
she was i don't earn enough to pay the school fees for both my girls. that's why i have a 2nd job. hello. i also help out on a farm potentially now can necessarily knock them out of poverty. here is an enormous challenge for the charge. cut the cookie did, especially young people who don't have jobs or prospect awhile to qualify in your either they move to the big cities or they drift into crime and drug abuse. but when i shoot girls in particular, fall by the wayside. because if were they don't have money for further school education to escape from poverty sub grandmother for over la quinta, to courtney cooper, happiness la newburgh could benefit from a micro credit program. the diocese has set up to combat poverty. it's intended to give women in particular, the opportunity to be economically independent where
9:52 pm
people can contribute to money can receive and borrow money in groups air. and then we have seen emily, a being successful in our groups will do establishing their basis. where are $4.00 video deleon shootings which is related to media in euros every $2000000.00. and they affect later in different groups of people who save and borrow money. and they give us more interest, which is the also divided among themselves after the end of the year. everyone else tries to survive through subsistence farming and key grammar. most people own a bit of land. what's left of the crop they sell. but poverty is increasing here. the corona pandemic and the war in ukraine have triggered a cost of living explosion. and above all, it's the lack of water caused by climate change that's making life so hard.
9:53 pm
tanzania has experienced a severe drought for more than 3 years. and it's estimated that global warming could turn large parts of the country into desert. the lutheran church and northwest tanzania has started a modest reforestation program to combat the effects of climate change. and key go rama to a grove of spruce is, has been established on land belonging to this parish explains one of the deacons. it's hoped the trees will prevent further soil erosion and also provide firewood before the property is re forested. those confirmation is students. when they come grow our church, they went to set the castle commission. we told them to come with 5 kids every student. then we assisted them,
9:54 pm
took lunch and it keep it well. oh yeah. at the end of routes, visit the middle school choir, performs in her honor. the music of africa fascinated her father. he left the collection of traditional lyrics from this region b, b, b, b. ah. you are to be envied for the joy and vitality with which she sing here in t go rama it's time to say good bye i this was more than a pilgrimage to her place of birth. it was a moving encounter with africa with the african church and the complex history of evangelization. time to sum up rushed with. i'm surprised and overwhelmed by the hospitality and the way i guess it's a welcome to you as a matter of course. jesse scout is he and that the people remember with fondness
9:55 pm
the evangelize period long ago in which missionaries laid the foundations of a small church community. here i'm taking a monitor doc, yvonne desperately charlie milan, gan air, you know, oh oh, of europeans coming to tanzania to preach the gospel are long gone. replaced by encounters of mutual respect between christians, from 2 continents. africa was the great love of ruth conan's father who died young. he was particularly impressed by the people their music and their lively faith now aged more than 92 hoots. kona has been able to experience these things. first hand good i'm. i'm incredibly grateful. i could experience it myself . oh,
9:56 pm
oh oh wow. oh ha. who? 0, one. 0.
9:57 pm
thank you. i know to the task isn't really to be found in almost everything. but it comes at a high price production, destroys rain forest and have a tab for endangered beauty. is there another way sustainable cultivation offers, promising solutions to 30 minutes on
9:58 pm
d. w. goodbye winter. hello, son with the climate and the owner is pretty mild and winter and i won't do properly explore this region. and you get to come along with the south of portugal. that looks good with 60 minutes on d, w. a into the to day this meets flying to a foreign planet. in the 16th century, it meant to be no captain and setting sail to discover a route and adventure full of hardships,
9:59 pm
dangers and death. magellan journey around the world starts january 19th on d, w. india, a lead of contrast of ambitions of inequality. 75 years ago, mahatma gandhi peacefully led the country to independence, full of ideals. what is the remainder of his vision? what's the status of human rights and social justice in what's called the world's largest democracy? we see the ahead. it is the pulpit to unleash on violet boss and re imagined on these teachings or elements to gandhi's legacy starts january 28th on b,
10:00 pm
w ah ah, this is dw news lie from berlin, an angry mob. storms congress in brazil. supporters of the ousted former right wing leaders shots are not all 20 babies supreme court and the presidential powers u. s. president joe biden.

36 Views

info Stream Only

Uploaded by TV Archive on