"Hall's report for 1896"

Very few results have been obtained in Nkonya in the year in question – the Ntwumuru congregation consists of 7 adults from Ntwumuru, 5 from Betaniase, and 2 from Wurupon. He too is worried about the advisability of baptising Christian young men - the heads of families are firmly anti-Christianity. The Alavanyo Christians decided that their new church and centre for a mission agent should be at Evhudidi, though the Kpeme people are setting up a separate Christian village on their own land. The Kpando church increased by 27 to a total of 78 people in the community. The congregation is very mixed in terms of sex and age. Hall remarks that some of the old ones fled into the Christian community having been suspected of being poisoners. Among the Christians, is the first from Nkami, one Josef Abokyi, a son of the Tate chief. It appears from what Hall writes about Amfoi and Vakpo that the Christians were only now beginning to settle in seperate Christian villages.

24.01.1897

24.01.1897

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