Some Sukuma doctors, such as Mayhegu Joseph Lupande, combine both western and Sukuma medical traditions. Mzee Lupande is the resident medical officer at Bujora village and the Director of the Bujora Cultural Center 

The Staff and Administration of the Sukuma Museum

 
Father Alexander Mugonya
Chairman of the Bujora Cultural Center Coordination Committee
Bujora Parish Priest
Father Alex Mugonya, Bujora Parish priest, standing at the map of the Sukuma Chiefdoms, Sukuma Museum, Bujora village

 
Father Alex Mugonya carrying the Monstrance during Bulabo procession of the Feast of Corpus Christi, Bujora Church, June 9, 1996, Bujora village
 
Mayhegu Joseph Lupande
Director of the Bujora Cultural Center 
Medical Officer and Director of the Bujora African Clinic
 
Some Sukuma doctors, such as Mayhegu Joseph Lupande, combine both western and Sukuma medical traditions. Mzee Lupande is the resident medical officer at Bujora village and the Director of the Bujora Cultural Center
 
Jefta Kishosha 
Director of the Sukuma Museum
Jefte Kishosha, the Director of the Sukuma Museum, Bujora village
 
Mark H.C. Bessire 
Fulbright Fellow, Curatorial Consultant to the Sukuma Museum
Director of the Sukuma Museum Website 

 
Mbula watching video footage of himself, 1995, Nyashigwe village
 

In Memoriam
Father David Clement ("Klementi")
(1921-1986)
Founder of the Sukuma Museum and Bujora Church
 Father David Clement (Klementi founder of Bujora Church and Sukuma Museum), courtesy of the Sukuma Archives, Bujora village  Father David Clement (Klementi, founder of Bujora Church and Sukuma Museum) seated in his Land Rover 109, courtesy of the Sukuma Archives, Bujora village 
 

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