"Zimmermann's Quarter Report"

Includes an account of a journey to Akropong with his pupils, via Kwantanang (which he says he has visited many times before, sometimes with his wife) and Amrahia, where a Peki Caravan was resting. On the way back to Osu passed through Legon, and was impressed by the wholehearted welcome of the people. He interprets Legon as meaning 'wide hill' with no further comment. Sang has asked to be baptised along with his wife and 11 children. (He is the chief of the village). The street fetish which the people allowed Stanger's pupils to destroy has stayed destroyed.... Unfortunately Sang is proving, somewhat lukewarm. On this journey , Zimmermann and his family stayed 8 days in Abokobi, working in the surrounding villages. Both in this report and in Stanger’s (No. 167), it appears that a campaign has been opened to get fetishes destroyed as a preparation for more directly encouraging people to become catechumens.

29.03.1853

29.03.1853

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