"Kamerun/Cameroon 1900"

219 documents bound into one volume with 11 sections; Diverse Akten betreffend Kamerun - miscellaneous documents concerning Cameroon, Documents 1-7, Letters from the Colonial Section of the German Foreign Office and from Plantation Companies concerning the right of the Basel Mission to buy land and the plans of the Plantation Companies to expropriate the indigenous people and move them to special villages for better control; Ausschuss der Kamerunmission: letters and reports from the Mission's Local Executive Committee and its members, Documents 8-69; Nos 21-25: arrangements for a mission doctor (Hey), where to Station him, and where to build his house; Nos 45-57: Minutes of the Missionaries' Annual General Conference (Allgemeine Brüderkonferenz) with several presentations on interesting topics: wrestling matches in Cameroon and the attitude of Christian congregations (No. 46, Stolzand Basedow), The Position of women in Cameroon (No. 50, Göhring), Slavery and the slave trade (No. 51, Lauffer); Nos 59-61: Minutes of a Conference on school Problems; Bonaku: letters and reports from the Station at Bonaku, Documents 70 - 79; Bonaberi- letters and reports from the Station at Bonaberi, Documents 98-115; Nos. 99-100: Duala letter and translation from Chief Mukura Mikane asking the Home Board in Basel to post Ernst back to Bonaberi; No. 102: Dinkelacker's Half-yearly report on the Middle School rather detailed. (See also Nos. 103-108); No. 114: A dream as reason for conversion - a story told by Thomas Mukoko a teacher in Bonamateke; Bombe: letters and reports from the Station at Bombe, Documents 116-126; Nos. 117-118: Reports by Spellenberg on journeys to Balondoland and areas in the north-west; No. 119: a detailed report by Stolzon a punitive expedition (von Besser) to the Bakundu region; No. 125: List of the buildings and lands belonging to the Bombe Station; Mangamba: letters and reports from the Station at Mangamba, Documents 127-138; No. 137: annual report by Wittwer with a Statistical survey of land and buildings; Nyasoso: letters and reports from the Station at Nyasoso, Documents 139-151; No. 139: Dorsch on the first baptisms in Nyasoso; Nos. 143-144: on the building of a well; No. 151: sketch map of the Nyasoso Station area; Lobethal: letters and reports from the Station at Lobethal, Documents 152-170; No. 159: Schürle on trouble with the Catholic mission in the Sanaga area (See also Nos. 160 and 163); No. 161: Schürle asks for permission to baptise a polygamist with two Christian wives; No. 162: Report on a journey to Yasuku by Meier; No. 165: an interesting report on traditional religion; No. 169: report by Mrs Schürle on the education of girls; Edea: letters and reports from the Station at Edea, Documents 171-186; Victoria: letters and reports from the Station at Victoria, Documents 187-205; Buea: letters and reports from the Station at Buea, Documents 206-219; Nos. 208-212: special reports on the expropriation of land in the Buea region and the methods used to recruit labourers for the plantation companies. The missionaires ask the Basel Home Board to intervene with the German Government and publish the facts as they report them

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1900

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