Long time ago a decade and a half after the turn of the 1900's century a young man named Hermann Freyberg hitched a ride on a steamer and began an adventure of a lifetime. An adventurer by heart, for surely as a young boy of 17 to leave the comfort and security of a home he must have been that. He traveled to the Canary Islands and from there to West Africa the Ivory coast in later years he would venture even further into Africa up to the Sahara where the Tuareg's reside and deep into the Congo. He found his way to Lamberene, Dr. Schweitzer's Mission station, exited to meet the great Medicine man, but as luck played out the great man was at this time in Europe looking for patron and sponsors for his mission.

Nevertheless he was overjoyed for just having made it so far and to get a first hand look at the operations. Dr. Schweitzer's manager from the Netherlands greeted him warmly and invited him to a German breakfast.. After wards he came away very humbled for what the station has brought to this region, in an area where there still many unknown customs, tribes of people and unexplored regions existed.

He was at times a photographer, guide for hunters & explorers of natural resources of western companies and author of children's books and his very own autobiography. Why is this important to me?....he is a distant relative of mine on my fathers side, which brings to us great pride for having dared his dream.

If you are interested in reading this book there is an English translation around Called "Out of Afrika" (no not that one) but Hermann's book was translated to English in 1935. The German version published in 1933 is called "Afrika Ruft". The photographs alone are amazing. Later in my blog I will publish some of them.