"Asante to Basel"
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"Asante to Basel"
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Reports difficulty in inderstanding the gloom about the possibilities in Kukurantumi: (a) all the early converts had been excluded or otherwise lost - but then, on what station has that not been the case? (b) part of the trouble was the lack of women – but except in Begoro that is the case all over Akim. Unlike 'Akwapim women are given in marriage invariably in a transaction with monetary aspects - therefore the wealth have as many wives as they want, and the poor (who are much poorer than in Akwapim) do without. (c) beyond that, one of the troubles was that many conversions happened because the motives were those of the flesh - it was a new thing and therefore people wanted to join it. (d) several mission agents were stumbling blocks (e) though Kukurantumi has not many villages near it (Asante numbers them at 3), neither has any other Akim town except Kibi, and Kukurantumi has the advantage of being a route centre for merchants from all sorts of directions. The school is now 14 pupils strong. In a subscript Widmann interprets point (d) above in terms of the Missionaries Burckhardt, Chr. Asante and Strömberg who was not a good example in all respects.
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06.08.1872
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06.08.1872
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D-01.24.VIII..168
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Reference: BMA D-01.24.VIII..168
Title: "Asante to Basel"
Creator: unknown
Date: 06.08.1872
“Asante to Basel,” BMArchives, accessed April 19, 2024, https://www.bmarchives.org/items/show/100215642.
Title: "Asante to Basel"
Creator: unknown
Date: 06.08.1872
“Asante to Basel,” BMArchives, accessed April 19, 2024, https://www.bmarchives.org/items/show/100215642.
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