The Mission Seminary Library in Hermannsburg hosts the following Southern African and Indian hymnals published before World War II.
(1) Africa
Sesotho [Botswana]
Sione e e opelañ, ki go re: lihela kaga Litiro tsa Molimo; Kaha temaloñ ea Kerke ea Baluthere. 13th ed. Hannover: Missionshandlung, 1921. [Ref. Code: Q 3543]
Mekhua ea go opela Lihela: tea Kerke ea Thuto ea Luther [music book to the Lutheran Hymnal], 2nd edition, edited by Wilhelm Behrens. Hermannsburg: Missionshandlung, 1931. [Ref. Code: Q 3544]
Zulu [South Africa]
Melodien (vierstimmig) zum Zulu-Gesangbuch. Edited by Heinrich Wiese. Hermannsburg: Missionshandlung, 1926. [Ref. Code: J 6026]
(2) India
Telugu
Kraistavamayina samgha kirtanamulu [Christian congregational hymns (= Evangelical Lutheran Hymnal)]. Madras: Hermannsburg Ev. Luth. Mission Book Depot, 1902. [Ref. Code: Q MM ?]
Evangelical Lutheran Hymnal [with an additional preface by Hartwig Harms]. Madras [India]: Methodist Publ. House, 1911. [Ref. Code: Qib 106]
Tamil
Hymnarium Tamulicum, seu Collectio Hymnorum Selectiorum in usum Ecclesiæ Christianæ Tamulicæ / e lingua germanica translatorum. 2nd edition by Johann Philipp Fabricius. Tranquebar: Royal Danish Mission, 1807. [Ref. Code: Q 129]