"Anoba’s Report on Abomosu and District"

At the end of the year there were 35 adults and 23 children in the community. One of the presbyters is called Timothy Apenten. The chief is not preventing people from becoming Christians (this is chief Danso). Many of the heathens do not like monogamy, however, and some of them have sworn an oath never to become a Christian. There is no hint at the difficulties reported by Marquart - the congregation is depicted, for example, processing with a fine dresses, namely in the Christian manner on Christmas Day into Abomosu proper for street preaching, and Anoba is obviously trying to give the impression of considerable numbers being involved (in a note at the end he writes that the Abomosu community have been a little better than before, attending services punctually, and paying their tax). Asunafo - 49 in the community, and roughly a similar situation vis-a-vis the non-Christians as in Abomosu. Tumfa - 16 in the community.

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