"Kamerun/Cameroon: Quarterly and Annual Reports for the year 1911, part II"

65 documents arranged in 13 sections, including one for the new Station at Ndunge. The Station in Bamum is now being designated Fumban in the indexes; Bonaku: Quarterly and Annual Reports from the Station at Bonaku, Documents 1-14; No. 3: Miss B. Naef on "A Sunday with our girls" - a report on the Girls' Boarding School. See also No. 13; No. 4: Miss Gutekunst gives an account of her medical work; especially visiting the sick. She also mentions Rudolf Bell, who had been arrested a few months before. See also E-2.33.79; Bonaberi: Quarterly and Annual Reports from the Station at Bonaberi, Documents 15-18; No. 15: Stahl on an expedition to the latest crater on Mount Cameroon; No. 16: Dinkelacker mentions the decision to hold biannual Elders' and Teachers' Conferences and reports on the first of them; Bombe: Quarterly and Annual Reports from the Station at Bombe, Documents 19-23; No. 19: Bufe on Kru- or Pidgin English with some grammatical explanations; No. 20: Bufe on a journey to the Banyang area; No. 21: Spellenberg mentions the Cross River area and the beginning of work among the Banyang people; No. 22: Bufe explains the differences between the Duala and Banyang languages, with examples; Mangamba: Quarterly and Annual Reports from the Station at Mangamba, Documents 24-31; No. 25: Gloeckel on traditional religious practices; No. 26: Stolz on "light and darkness" in the Abo district, including the revival of isango (losango?) rites in some villages. See also No. 29; No. 27: Stolz looks back on 25 years of Basel Mission work in Cameroon remembering the many missionaries and their wives and children who have passed on; No. 29: Stolz mentions on page 4 the intention of the Government to requisition land for plantations in the Abo area; No. 30: Gloeckel on the Wuri-Bodiman-Yabassi area, including a description of his relationship with various chiefs and the life of Christian congregations and families in this area; Nyasoso: Quarterly and Annual Reports from the Station at Nyasoso, Documents 32-33; No. 32: Quarterly Report from Wittwer who writes in detail about the beginning of his new work in Ndunge; No. 32a: Champod on difficulties with teachers and chiefs and the bad influence of recruiting for the plantations on local life; Ndunge: Quarterly and Annual Reports from the Station Ndunge, Documents 34-35; No. 3: more detailed information on the beginning of work in Ndunge. See also No. 32 above, and E-2.33,173-195; Lobethal: Quarterly and Annual Reports from the Station at Lobethal, Documents 36-38; Edea: Quarterly and Annual Reports from the Station at Edea, Documents 39-42; Sakbayeme: Quarterly and Annual Reports from the Station at Sakbayeme, Documents 43-44; No. 43: Hässig mentions tensions between the Basel Mission and the local DC Krücke; Victoria: Quarterly / Annual Report from the Station at Victoria, Document No. 45; Buea: Quarterly and Annual Reports from the Station at Buea, Documents 46-50; No. 46: Lutz feels constrained to mention the work of missionaries' wives which although not mission work as such, nevertheless contributes a lot to the success of the work as a whole (sic); Bali: Quarterly and Annual Reports from the Station at Bali, Documents 51-59; Widmaier describes the main difficulties in the work with the Bali people and describes their way of evangelising in the area; No 53: Ammann describes a visit to the Chief of Basoa (Fosoa); description of his Compound, especially his palavar; No 54: Lewerenz on medical mission work in Bali; Widmaier mentions a collection of Bali proverbs which he has sent home ; No 56: Keller on the relationship of the Basel Mission people with the Bamenda garisson and the Fon of Bali. In this connection he mentions the Bagam people, who, after Lutz' intervention, were not allowed to move their settlement. See also E-2.33.2 and 58 page 5; Fumban: Quarterly and Annual Reports from the Station at Fumban, Documents 60-65; No. 60: Hohner on a journey to Tikari and Banso: land, architecture and people; No. 62: Dinkelacker on mission work in Bamum, and on King Njoya

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