Soon after his father´s death, his mother Kurawira left her husband´s relatives and moved with her own children to the village of Mwanzange near Tanga town. Yakobo lived for some time with his aunt and attended the nearby mission school in Shwari, [10] a school established by August Krämer [11], the first missionary of the Evangelical Mission Society for German East Africa (E.M.S) [12] on the north coast of what was then called the German protectorate [13].
Mara baada ya kufariki baba yake, mama yake Kurawira aliacha ndugu wa mume wake, na kuhama pamoja na watoto wake kwenda kwenye kijiji cha Mwenzage karibu na Tanga mjini. Yakobo kwa muda aliishi pamoja na shangazi yake na akajiunga na shule ya karibu ya missioni katika Shwari, [10] shule ambayo ilianzishwa na August Krämer [11], mmissionari wa kwanza wa Evangelical Mission Society for German East Africa (EMS) [12] katika Pwani ya Kaskazini mwa Tanganyika ambapo wakati ule iliitwa Deutsches Schutzgebiet ("German Protectorate") [13].