"Kamerun/Cameroon: Quarterly and Annual Reports for 1913, part III"

115 documents arranged in 18 sections, one for each Station; Bonaku: Quarterly and Annual Reports from the Station at Bonaku, Documents 1-22; No. 1: Desselberger on his experiences as a missionary trader in Duala; Nos. 4-7: students write about the dedication of the church in Bonabela; No. 22: a very important report by Vöhringer on the forced resettlement of the Duala people and the rising tension between black and white; Bonaberi: Quarterly and Annual Reports from the Station at Bonaberi, Documents 23-35; No. 29: Hecklinger describes the doings of a medicine man he was able to observe; Bombe: Quarterly and Annual Reports from the Station at Bombe, Documents 36-42; No. 36: Rhode on a journey in the hinterland of Bombe; Besongabang: Quarterly and Annual Reports from the Station at Besongabang, Documents 43-47; The first reports are written before the move to Besongabang; No. 45: the work among lepers at Ossidinge; No. 47: report on the newly-founded middle school in Besongabang; Mangamba: Quarterly and Annual Reports from the Station at Mangamba, Documents 48-55; Nyasoso: Quarterly and Annual Reports from the Station at Nyasoso, Documents 56-58; No. 56: Flogaus on the way the plantations with the possibilities they offer draw boys away from the school. See also No. 57; No. 58: Champod on the effect on village life of the recruitment of labourers for the plantations. See also No. 81. He also mentions a new womens' secret society; Ndunge: Quarterly and Annual Reports from the Station at Ndunge, Documents 59 " 60; No. 60: Wittwer on the devastating effects of veneral diseases in this area; Lobethal: Quarterly and Annual Reports from the Station at Lobethal, Documents 61-68; Nos. 61 and 62: Gehr's historv of the Bakoko people; Edea: Quarterly and Annual Reports from the Station at Edea, Documents 69-70; Ndogbea: Quarterly and Annual Reports from the Station at Ndogbea, Documents 71-72; Lauffer on the beginning and first year of the Station; Sakbayeme: Quarterly and Annual Reports from the Station at Sakbayeme, Documents 73-81; No. 76: Stutz on positive aspects of the use of German in schools ; No. 78: "A poor rich man" Scheibler describes the customs performed after the death of a rich man and before his burial; Victoria: Quarterly and Annual Reports from the Station at Victoria, only one document of this kind for 1913: No. 82; Buea: Quarterly and Annual Reports from the Station at Buea, Documents 83-91; No. 87: Bärtschi on Bakwiri folk tales; No. 88: Schmidt on the activities of a sorceror; No. 91: Schmidt on the methods used to force people to work on the plantations; Bali: Quarterly and Annual Reports from the Station at Bali, Documents 92-110; No. 99: Miss Roos' annual report on medical work; Bagam: Quarterly and Annual Reports from the Station at Bagam, Documents 102-104; These reports stress the necessity of placing Basel Mission workers in as many as possible of the neighbouring towns as a counter-measure to the Catholic mission; Fumban: Quarterly and Annual Reports from the Station at Fumban, Documents 105-112; No. 112: Göhring gives a good picture of the social and political life in the Bamum area (p.2); Bangwa: Quarterly and Annual Reports from the Station at Bangwa, Documents 113-114; No. 113 deals mainly with the relationship with the Catholic mission in the Dschang area. Striebel complains about the methods used by the Catholic missionaries to get the Chiefs on their side; Bandzun: Quarterly and Annual Reports from the Station at Bandzun. Only one document of this category: No. 115; No. 115: Spellenberg on the dificulties of beginning mission work in this area. He gives a vivid description of land, people and traditional religion (the "Basalt Cult")

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