"Kamerun/Cameroon: Quarterly and Annual Reports for the year 1912, part III"

70 documents arranged in 15 sections, one for each Station; Bonaku: Quarterly and Annual Reports from the Station at Bonaku, Documents 1-11; Numbers 1a and 1b: Sermons delivered by Ekolo, Modi and Kuo at the Basel Mission; Jubilee in Bonabela and translated by Stolz; No. 3a: Rhode Visits the American Presbyterians and attends their missionaries' Conference in Lolodorf, an interesting report on how the Americans run their work from the Basel Mission point of view; No. 4: Vöhringer mentions (p.4) Government plans to resettle all the Duala people living in the Bell, Akwa quarter and Deido quarters, in order to create a europeans-only suburb. Many of the people involved are bitter. A group of Christians is trying to see what God's will is in the Situation (See also No. 5 p.2 and No. 8 p.2); Bonaberi: Quarterly and Annual Reports from the Station at Bonaberi, Documents 12-16; No. 15: Wittwer in his Annual Report mentions the baptism of the Mbonio Chief, his wife and child; Bombe: Quarterly and Annual Reports from the Station at Bombe, Documents 17-19; Ossing: Quarterly and Annual Reports from the Station at Ossing, Documents 20-23; No. 21: another report by Stolz on his first weeks in Ossing; See also E-2.36,140-145; No. 22: detailed Annual Report, including remarks on the delicate relationship with Government officials; not least Mansfeld; Mangamba: Quarterly and Annual Reports from the Station at Mangamba, Documents 24-27; No. 24: Gloeckel's long and interesting report on an exploratory journey to the area north-east of Yabassi, sketch-map at No. 24a; No. 24b: Ittmann's summary translation of school essays on the subject "What has the white man brought to us?" negative items as well as positive ones; No. 26: Gloeckel in his Annual Report on the Wuri-Yabasi-Bodiman area describes the growing number of cocoa farms along the River Wuri, but also the trade with lumber, oil and palm kernals ; Nyasoso: Quarterly and Annual Reports from the Station Nyasoso. Only one such report-document 28; No. 28: Champod mentions (pages 2-4) the negative impact of the plantation companies and their enforced recruitment of labour; Ndunge: Quarterly and Annual Reports from the Station at Ndunge, Documents 29-30; No. 29: Wittwer describes the customs of the Bakaka people in the face of sickness and death; Lobethal: Quarterly and Annual Reports from the Station at Lobethal, Documents 31-34; No. 31: Gehr on the best-known birds in Cameroon; Edea: Quarterly and Annual Reports from the Station at Edea, Documents 35-37; No. 35: Miss Gühring's report on the Girls' Boarding School; The Chief of Bajob came to take one of the girls away, but when he saw how the school is conducted, he allowed her to stay; Sakbayeme: Quarterly and Annual Reports from the Station at Sakbayeme, Documents 38-40; No. 39: Stutz mentions (p.4) measures taken by the Government to force people to work on the building of a road in the West Babimbi area, whole villages are being resettled alongside the newly-built road; Victoria: Quarterly and Annual Reports from the Station at Victoria. Only one such report - document 4l; Buea: Quarterly and Annual Reports from the Station at Buea, Documents 41a-45; No. 41: Lutz complains of the unhealthy development of Cameroon as a German colony compared with the Gold Coast, his especial target being the plantation policy in Cameroon; Bali: Quarterly and Annual Reports from the Station at Bali, Documents 46-62; No. 50: Lewerenz on the Lela festivities - a traditional religious festival in Bali that lasts 8 days ; No. 51: Striebel's interesting account of a journey through the Bangwa area; Nos . 52 and 54: Striebel on the religion of Bagam; No. 55: Billmann on evangelising in the area north of Bali. See also No. 57; No. 56: Keller on the subjection of some smaller "cannibal" tribes near Bali by Government troops and the liberation of some tribal groups from Bali rule; No. 61: Annual report on medical missions by Miss M. Roos; Bagam: Quarterly and Annual Reports from the Station at Bagam; Only one document of this kind - no. 63; Bamum: Quarterly and Annual Reports from the Station at Bamum, Documents 64-70; No. 65: Geprägs on the dangerous influence Europeans can have on African Christians; No. 67: "A King's account of a journev" - King Njova travelling through his kingdom. The document translated into German by Geprägs and Hohner

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