"Strömberg's Report for the Year 1861"

The delay over starting the Kibi station is connected with the fact that Atta had been in Akwapim for a long time and was travelling back to Kibi very slowly (Strömberg met him on the road both as he went and returned from a short stay in Akropong at the beginning of April), and they judge that get reasonable price for land purchase or rent they should not start building first. The Kukurantumi people had all left the town on account of a dispute with an unnamed Akwapim town which looked at one stage as if it were going to lead to war between the two towns. Atta drinks a lot - this is not approved by his people. Nevertheless he is well-disposed to the missionaries - he has asked Strömberg to tell him the difference between right and wrong, and has listened to two sermons on the subject. In Kukurantumi they have made little progress, two of the Gyadam Christians have had to be excluded, one from what sounds like a complete collapse of belief and practice, the other because of lack of penitence. Strömberg remarks that Atta's predecessor must have been a fine character - the heir to the Gyadam stool Kwabena Fa had been such a man (NB Not in this report but in others the name of the current Kukurantumi chief is given as Ampa)

28.05.1861

28.05.1861

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