"Annual Report of the Abetifi Boarding School in 1882, written by Dilger"

A year of conflict and difficulty caused by the Christian scholars, not the heathens. Lies and disobedience were the main problems - and they were so serious that, he says, at one stage he told the pupils that if he were to die soon they would be his murderers, and on another occasion he had to bring in Ramseyer to settle a problem. His comments on Dako are almost word for word those of earlier years except that he says Dako is learning nothing new - indeed his knowledge is shrinking. And Koranteng he feels is useless - he did not even bother to look for the towns about which he was teaching on a map that Dilger made of Palestine. He has also not been reliable in his attendance at classes. (There is a comment at the end from Müller, the Basel Missions Inspector of Schools, that an investigation was being made of Koranteng's conduct, and he would be dismissed if Dilger's accusations were fully established.)

14.03.1883

14.03.1883

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