1212 20 77812 Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource Date early: 24.10.1893 Proper date: 24.10.1893 Description An account of the resource Reports that war has been going on for months between the Asantes and Nkoranza. Nkoranza has asked Krakye Dente for help, and now Krakye Dente has twice asked Buem for assistance, though Buem is refusing, Clerk appears to connect this with the preaching of Christianity in Buem. The priest of Dente has gone with his following to Nkoranza; whether he will go as far as the fighting when he finds out that no Buems are following Clerk’s doubts. The troubles in Salaga continue. The king driven out of the area has still not been able to get back to his capital in Pami. There is a subscript by Ramseyer dd 1 Dec 89 with the information that the English Government told Krakye Dente to return to his town, and this he has done. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context D-01.59.VII..151 Subject The topic of the resource [Archives catalogue]: Guides / Finding aids: Archives: D - Ghana: D-01 - Incoming correspondence from Ghana up to the outbreak of the First World War: D-01.59 - Ghana 1893: D-01.59.VII. - Anum Title A name given to the resource Clerk to Basel Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Description An account of the resource Concerns the Volta Slave trafic. This is the basis for much of the material in the Heidenbote article 1893 p.90ff. There is rather more material in the manuscript than in the printed version (which is an editorial compilation rather than a printing of parts of Clerk's manuscript). The main additional points are: - Most slaves entering the Volta area are Mosis and Grusis, taken in the slave raids of Gazare or Kasare, whose great advantage is that his adversaries are armed only with bows and arrows. - Salaga price: 5-10 barrels gunpowder or 2-4 barrels gunpowder and 1-3 cases spirits. - Resale price in Buem 6-12 barrels gunpowder or 8-12 cases spirits. - Clerk's earlier report that the slave trade had increased in Kpandu after the coming of the German coloenial regime was retailed originally by Catechist Asiedu who then in Amfoi had it originally from an eye-witness. - He describes the Ada people as having many fishing and trading villages along the Volta. - In 1892 Clerk names two people as bringing slaves into Worawora, Mamma (2 trips) and Bede (1 visit). In a joint visit together they brought 13 slaves almost all of whom were sold in Worawora. - He names the richest man in Buem as Nketea of Akaneem - he has a whole village full of slaves. - The price of spirits is in the proportion of 1:2:3 between Lome, Accra and Buem, and the price of powder 7:19:15 in the same places. - Clerks house was put up with the help of 3 slaves of a man called Ahenkora, who loaned them as day-labourers. The same man had a slave who was a hunter with an elephant to his credit. He also sent another to the school. - He had seen Yiripe people in Atonko returning home from Salaga empty handed because of the civil war there. Clerk's advice to obtain the collapse of the slave trade is to raise the price of gunpowder, make it clear who lives in the area of which colonial power, and have both colonial powers clearly outlaw slavery. Further a man should be stationed in the Kpando-Krakye area to see that the trade really does end - if he is a Gold Coast man he must be changed frequently in order to make sure that he does not allow himself to be bribed. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context D-01.58.I..63 Subject The topic of the resource [Archives catalogue]: Guides / Finding aids: Archives: D - Ghana: D-01 - Incoming correspondence from Ghana up to the outbreak of the First World War: D-01.58 - Ghana 1893: D-01.58.I. - General District Conference for the Gold Coast Title A name given to the resource Clerk to Basel Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource Date early: 03.04.1895 Proper date: 03.04.1895 Description An account of the resource A report on a journey into Oboso and Krakye undertaken from 5th Feb to 6th March 1895. First night Kagyebi. Second, at Ahamasu, having passed through the ruins of Kwahu Dukoman villages. The Ahamasu chief was called Okra Kwame. He was greatly anxious at Clerk's appearance, having on his conscience an ordeal which had lately been inflicted on someone in Buem through his instrumentality. Clerk describes the village as having 15 huts, being ugly, but peopled by farmers and hunters who have enough to sell to travellers. The chief does nothing but sit in the village taking a toll from the strangers who pass through on the rubber trade. In response to Clerk's presence he promised no more to practice the Odum Ordeal, and offered him a son for schooling whom Clerk refused on the grounds that he was too old - he would wait two years for the next son, Third night after a five hour march through forest with plenty of game, Mpampawe, 15 round huts. His preaching and protest against the Ordeal was well received - indeed part of the people were willing to allow him to burn the bag containing the poison straight away. They promised him a schoolboy on his return journey. Fourth night after a seven hour march through Savanna spent in Brewaniase. This village has grown to approximately 80 huts following on several villages migrating here, plus people from Tagyang. The people were called out onto the streets preaching after the chief himself had gone round telling them that he would punish those who did not attend. The sermon was translated word for word into the Adele language. The chief afterwards said that he had no objection but that he was not independent, being under Kpelen and Tutukple, also since he had accepted the German flag he wished to do what the Europeans approved. Fifth day, after two hours march onto the Akebu hills, grass covered though with small woods in the valleys in which the rubber trees can be found. After 6 hours he reached Yanya which consisted of 3 poor huts, the only inhabitants that day being a sick man with two wives. One hour further away was Twifomari, a new village of 15 huts, friendly inhabitants but hardly anyone who spoke Twi. Sixth day after two hours they reached Yege and Bismarckburg. In the latter they received a friendly welcome from S. Amason. Seventh day, visited Kasenkye in the vicinity of Bismarckburg. The chief and elders were dead drunk. The town is one of the largest in Adele - when Clerk rang his bell for preaching he assembled 150 people, and afterwards the chief remarked that it was a good word but that he could not give an answer without consulting the fetish-wife in Kpelen. In this whole period Clerk had much difficulty finding anything out about the Adele language. He had apparently been asked to do some work in this field by Christaller, and remarks that no German official knows the language and that he could not find anyone who spoke both it and Twi. Clerk seems to have spent several days in Bismarckburg and the surrounding area. He paid visits to Timurumu (30 huts), Odome (25 huts) Nkwankura (35 huts). He enjoyed a warm welcome from the German official von Doering. He also entered into discussions as to the possibility of setting up a mission agent in the area with the local people. In Kpelen (60 huts) he was recognised from his previous visit, and received in a friendly way by the fetish-wife. She and her elders requested time to ask advice of the fetish priest of Dadease (the successor of the deceased Yapora). The reply was that they had been visited by the German officials and asked to give up their children (Clerk interpolates, presumably as servants), and they had given up the Ordeal. They did not want the mission on account of their worship of the fetishes. Clerk continued to press for children for the school, and eventually (dealing it seems mostly with chief Agba of Yege) was given two such. Towards the end of his stay Clerk was treated with considerable enmity at least by an individual during his public preaching. One problem was that Clerk was advised on all sides to give up his plan to leave the Bismarckburg vicinity in the direction of Anyanga and Foso. He could get no guide and interpreter, people said there were not Twi-speaking villages in that direction furthermore the king of Tagyang was an enemy of the white man and would probably treat Clerk as a spy. Actually at the time there was upheaval in the Tagyang area, and the roads through Atwati were closed. The king of Tagyang had sent 60 riders to the battlefield. He left Bismarckburg on February 19th, travelling via Kasenkyi and Koi to the first Atwati village Tsirana, a place of 110 huts. The chief there would allow them no peace until Clerk had preached. Next day they arrived in the capital of Atwati, Slate, composed of 90 huts, lying on a steep hill slope. The priest-chief was called Koranteng. After his preaching Koranteng told him that they served the fetish .Buruku, their town was surrounded on all sides by hills, like strong walls. They did not want to serve any God. Clerk replied that no-one would force him or his people to worship God, but would they like to have a mission agent resident in the area? Koranteng replied that once the Asantes sent ambassadors saying that they wanted to and two men here to live, on in Siare and the other in Adele. The Adele people allowed this to happen, but our ancestors gave the answer that they were not corn to need someone to look after them. What their ancestors had not allowed, they would not allow. Clerk then spent several days in Adome, an Atwati village of 60-70 huts. From there he visited the other Atwati villages (in spite of the reluctance of Koranteng and his elders that he should do so) namely Okwawu with 40 huts, Keri with 120 huts, Goklong with 130 huts, Aberewanko with 140 huts, Nyamo with 180 huts. During this period a message came from Agba of Yege asking that the two boys should be sent back temporarily since a fetish priest had declared that a recent heavy rain was the result of the spirit of the dead of Kontong who wanted them to perform a final custom for him before leaving. (Kontong was Agbe's predecessor). 25th February-2nd March - travelled through Korantae (Adele) (30 huts), Odumase (30-40 huts) Ketsiebi (60-70 huts), Tutukple (130 huts) to Krakye. His general impressions of Adele and Atwati: He is surprised at the meagre population - Adele and Tribu (2 Areas) together must number at most 3000. Atwati would number approximately the same. The responsibility for this lies with the ordeal - while he was in Atwati a woman died of it, and you frequently meet people travelling from village to village with the bag of poison, which they reverence as a god. The Asantes are not responsible for the depopulation, since out of fear of the local fetishes they did not wage war in this region. The people are heavily tattoed. From Dadease to Tutukple-they speak Twi but around Bismarckburg and Kpelen, and in Atwati, they speak very little Twi. He was not invited to introduce a mission agent, but since the chiefs are also the fetish priests this is not surprising - his interpreters always stumbled over the phrase in his preaching 'There is no fetish'. It is a healthy area, lying high up, and therefore it is neither necessary to find a hill for a mission-station, nor to build two storey mission houses. The goitre swellings which you see on the necks of local people are an indication of the height of the country. There-fore there is much to be said for the founding of a station - Clerk advises Adele (from which you can visit Anyanga and Foso, where the language - in the former at least - is Guang related to the language of Atwate). Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context D-01.63b.VII..143 Subject The topic of the resource [Archives catalogue]: Guides / Finding aids: Archives: D - Ghana: D-01 - Incoming correspondence from Ghana up to the outbreak of the First World War: D-01.63b - Ghana 1895: D-01.63b.VII. - Anum Title A name given to the resource Clerk to Basel Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource Date early: 10.04.1895 Proper date: 10.04.1895 Description An account of the resource Relays information from letters from von Doering & Amason, and a conversation with Mischlich about policy in Adele. Von Doering was angry with Agba for taking the boys back, and the elders after his intervention promised to send many boys to school - indeed three have arrived in Worawora. But von Doering has stipulated that missionaries in that area must be German speaking. Because of the lack of such people and the distance from Worawora, they have decided that there is no immediate prospect of sending anyone to be resident in that district, though there is a plan to settle somewhere in that region in the early months of 1896 since neither Buem nor Krakye seemed suitable for the establishment of a European station. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context D-01.63b.VII..144 Subject The topic of the resource [Archives catalogue]: Guides / Finding aids: Archives: D - Ghana: D-01 - Incoming correspondence from Ghana up to the outbreak of the First World War: D-01.63b - Ghana 1895: D-01.63b.VII. - Anum Title A name given to the resource Clerk to Basel Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource Date early: 25.07.1895 Proper date: 25.07.1895 Description An account of the resource Reports that he has 6 boys from the area which the elders will not send to Buem for schooling. He is teaching them himself, though they do not understand Twi and asks for books and school equipment. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context D-01.63b.VII..150 Subject The topic of the resource [Archives catalogue]: Guides / Finding aids: Archives: D - Ghana: D-01 - Incoming correspondence from Ghana up to the outbreak of the First World War: D-01.63b - Ghana 1895: D-01.63b.VII. - Anum Title A name given to the resource Clerk to Basel Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource Date early: 10.02.1890 Proper date: 10.02.1890 Description An account of the resource He evidently considers that he should feel a joy in his work, which he in fact did not feel during the first half of the year when there were exclusions, and no conversions. In Anum the fact that the community is drawn from 3 different towns creates conflict - and the presbyters are too weak to handle it properly. Boso pleases him - the Presbyters are to be credited with leading the community well. And the fervency of the prayer at Tsate - in broken Twi - during prayer meetings is very impressive. In the Anum school there are difficulties because in most cases the pupils have to spend their first year learning Twi. Also the people - including the elders of the community - do not understand the purpose of the school, and want their children to work with them on their farms. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context D-01.51.VI..101 Subject The topic of the resource [Archives catalogue]: Guides / Finding aids: Archives: D - Ghana: D-01 - Incoming correspondence from Ghana up to the outbreak of the First World War: D-01.51 - Ghana 1889: D-01.51.VI. - Anum Title A name given to the resource Clerk to Basel - Report for the Year 1889 Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource Date early: 27.02.1897 Proper date: 27.02.1897 Description An account of the resource Reporting a journey to Krakye - the wag Krakye chief's reply to the question whether or not they wanted a school was that they did not want a school - they would send another boy to school if that was wanted, but that was all. A German official, Rosenhagen, then intervened for several hours, at the end of which the Krakye decision was modified to being an acceptance of the school anywhere the missionaries liked, but not in Krakye town. Clerk recommends that Kete be not chosen, in view of the shifting population, largely made up of strangers. Tareeso is not suitable, due to the lack of water there in the dry season. He recommends Abudwuro. There is a subscript from Müller accepting the recommendation in outline and suggesting that Catchist Awere from Anum, in his 5th year of service, be posted into the area and ordained. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context D-01.67.VIII..218 Subject The topic of the resource [Archives catalogue]: Guides / Finding aids: Archives: D - Ghana: D-01 - Incoming correspondence from Ghana up to the outbreak of the First World War: D-01.67 - Ghana 1897: D-01.67.VIII. - Anum Title A name given to the resource Clerk to the Gold Coast Präses (Chairman) https://www.bmarchives.org/files/original/100207612 32c4e299e1a9a29ae1cac7e4be78b4aa Still Image A static visual representation. Examples include paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type Text to images of textual materials. 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Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Vogelsanger, S., %Basel, %Liestal, %%Switzerland Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource Date early: 1888 Proper date: 1888 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource [Format]: 8.9cm x 5.7cm [Condition]: medium; retouched [Special format]: carte de visite [Type of support]: cardboard [Process]: b/w positive, paper print, albumen Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context QS-30.001.0820.01 Subject The topic of the resource [Individuals]: Clerk, Nicholas Timothy (Mr) [Photographers / Photo Studios]: Vogelsanger, S., %Basel, %Liestal, %%Switzerland [Institutions]: Vogelsanger, S., %Basel, %Liestal, %%Switzerland [Themes]: religion and philosophy (general): Christianity: missionary m [Themes]: social structure and socialization: gender - age and kinship: man: portrait m [Themes]: formal description: studio [Archives catalogue]: Images: QS: QS-30: untitled Title A name given to the resource Clerk, Nicholas Timothy. Clerk, Nicholas Timothy. Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource Date early: 18.01.1897 Proper date: 18.01.1897 Description An account of the resource A number of ex-pupils of the Worawora School are now apprentices to craftsmen. One problem in schoolwork is, of course, language. Even in Worawora the neople say they do not understand Akwapim Twi as well as Akim or Asante, and Clerk, though an Akwapim, wishes that it had been one of the other dialects which had been used for the basis of written Twi. In other schools the children speak a different language altogether, and have to be taken through the first year syllabus in two years in order to be taught Twi. In Gyasekan Clerk has had to warn Teacher Ruben against succumbing to the temptation to teach the children parrot-fashion under these circumstances. The Worawora community increased by 7 in the year (to 28) with one exclusion. There are 42 catechumens. On the whole Clerk seems happy with the life of the community, though he had some trouble gaining obedience from the youths and a catechumen had to be excluded also, for sexual offences. The Gyasekan community stands at 30, with 6 catechumens. Several youths have lapsed during the year on account of not being able to find wives. The Christians are distributed among three villages - the two Gyasekans, and Bowuri. In the second part of the year especially their long journeys in pursuit of the rubber trade caused difficulties. Guamang – 25 Christians and 10 catechumens – the Christians mostly unmarried young men faced by some opposition on the part of their parents. Clerk is anxious about their marriage prospects, and the difficulties connected thereto. Borada - one member, 3 catechumens. There had been difficulties with the chief earlier in the year when a priest of Atonko was converted - this has now smoothed itself out, partly through intervention of the German official in Agome, to whom Clerk had appealed to explain the limitations on his religious rulings. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context D-01.65.VIII..197 Subject The topic of the resource [Archives catalogue]: Guides / Finding aids: Archives: D - Ghana: D-01 - Incoming correspondence from Ghana up to the outbreak of the First World War: D-01.65 - Ghana 1896: D-01.65.VIII. - Anum Title A name given to the resource Clerk's Annual Report for 1896 Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource Date early: 29.10.1890 Proper date: 29.10.1890 Description An account of the resource The report is concerned with the Yam Festival in Anum. 10 varieties of yams are known, that favoured most by the Anum people is called Akoako, and the people plant 500-2,500 according to their means. He describes the cultivation and that there is an insect which the people consciously keep off the yams, since it damages them. The people allowed to eat yams before everyone else in Anum are the smiths. Clerk judges that this is because the people need the tools for their farming. The smiths' fetish is called Tschawe - you can usually see it hanging up in the smithy, and it consists of palm twigs, the local tortoise, limbs from offered animals, and so on. Tschawe eats yams on a Thursday, after they have been cooked and beaten up not to fufu, but finely enough to be sieved. Then oil is poured on, and the yam is sprinkled around the smithy, while Tschawe is thanked for having given new yams and they call him to eat some. Then all the tools are put into water, into which some holy leaves have been put. Then a sheep destined for this festival is slaughtered, and the blood poured into this water. The sheep is then cooked in the chief smith's house, where all the smiths gather to eat the new yams as a body. When the food is ready, they smear themselves with white earth as a sign of joy. Eight days later the smiths meet again, and the tools are bathed in the blood of a white hen, while the smiths themselves eat the hen cooked with new yams. Clerk notes that there is a sort of religious brotherhoad of smiths. If one of them dies, no more work is done until they perform a certain ceremony together. In a lonely place called Anyaso they take a sheep, sacrifice it, and eat it. The bones are put into a new pot and buried - in this way they call the fetish to spare them a further death. Concerning the festivals which follow those of the smiths, Dodi celebrates its yam festival 8 days after the smiths. The fetish Abuko - he is the one who hates Twi - plays the leading role in it. Clerk notes that at the beginning of 1890 Dodi was burned down, inter al the Abuko house was burned down also. He became angry and has fled to Anum until the Dodi people come to fetch him back. The Boso people celebrate their festival about two weeks later, and then the priests and priestesses of Anum begin to celebrate their festival. This is especially the fest of the fetish Kpedsche, whose priestess is .the old, rich, and friendly Asieya. He is carried through the town in a great procession and with much noise - in earlier years there was wild dancing as well, but they do that no more. The gospel is not unknown to her also, for many messengers of truth have visited her. Clerk's invitation to her to attend one of their services have not succeeded, but she is friendly and has visited him three times. Several days after that is the festival of the fetishes Buwule and Mfodwo, who both have a priestess. After that are the festivals of Afram, Mante, Okpei, Sakum, and others, all with their appropriate time. The elders of the town can eat (new yams presumably), at any time'when they have got their sheep. Clerk adds that by elder he means a man who sits on a family stool. There are ten such in Anum, to several of which in earlier years human sacrifices were made. The king's yam festival is the greatest, and lasts two days - a Thursday and a Friday. Altogether 9 sheep are sacrificed. The first day is devoted to the drummers and the king's wives - each group gets a sheep, and so do the elders and the foreigners. Afterwards there is dancing on the streets. On the Friday the king's two stools are bathed and sprinkled with blood, the king sprinkles mashed yams on them, and eats some himself. When he has slaughtered a sheep and presented it to his people, then he eats new yams. In the afternoon there is dancing, the king himself dances at about 5 p.m., and sits with his people to drink palm wine. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context D-01.53.VI..144 Subject The topic of the resource [Archives catalogue]: Guides / Finding aids: Archives: D - Ghana: D-01 - Incoming correspondence from Ghana up to the outbreak of the First World War: D-01.53 - Ghana 1890: D-01.53.VI. - Anum Title A name given to the resource Clerk's Quarter's Report Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource Date early: 13.01.1893 Proper date: 13.01.1893 Description An account of the resource Building - the walls of his house are finished, and those of the teacher's house soon will be - and in the course of the year they have built a chapel. They have had considerable help from the scholars and catechumens. In Worawora the entity is less than it was - in particular the hostile elder Ampesa is now friendly and has sent a boy to the school. The fetish priestesses are, however, still hostile, and certain Christians have suffered persecution. One youth was persuaded to lapse after being threatened with the block. A woman catechumen was promised a sheep and a slave if she would recant. James Kwame (baptised late in the year) was threatened with the loss of his bride, but he has refused to be intimidated saying constantly that he would rather not marry than either not become a Christian or go through the heathen marriage rituals. Guaman and Apeso have sent boys to the school, and Clerk judges that in the former and Gyasekan-Akura the doors would be open for them if he had assistants he could actually put to reside there. With the members of their own families they have 20 in the school - one boy had to be sent away tor theft - he was an ex-fetish priest and tried to be excused on the grounds that the fetish had made him do it. The community in Worawora consists of two baptised in the course of the year, and a-Methodist. Clerk has met 5 Christians in Buem - 3 Basel Christians (one of whom had lapsed) and 2 Methodists, and remarks that though the latter were very ignorant they had stood much firmer than the Basel Christians. They have 2 youths learning carpentry from Thomas Akyea, and three more learning the sawyer's trade. The other man baptised late in the year was called Charles Kofi. This was also the day of the consecration of the chapel, both events being attended by the chief and several elders - 4th December. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context D-01.57.VII..138 Subject The topic of the resource [Archives catalogue]: Guides / Finding aids: Archives: D - Ghana: D-01 - Incoming correspondence from Ghana up to the outbreak of the First World War: D-01.57 - Ghana 1892: D-01.57.VII. - Anum Title A name given to the resource Clerk's Report for 1892 from Worawora Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource Date early: 01.01.1896 Proper date: 01.01.1896 Description An account of the resource The teacher's wife in Gyasekan is often ill, and does not take Clerk's advice to leave off local medecines and change her way of life. In Gyasekan the people of the town completed the buildings for the teacher on mission land. In Worawora the catechist's house had to be rebuilt after ant damage, and Clerk himself lives in a house in which they have to battle against ants. He regrets it is so difficult to get red Odum and Kyenedru in Buem - they make the best shingles. The demand for a teacher is extensive, though mostly out of a desire for honour for the individual towns. Without a resident teacher the taunts of the heathen when someone becomes a catechumen are hard to resist - the catechumens in Borada have lapsed for this reason. In Worawora the greatest response to preaching is among the women. A school started for the youths of the town in which English was taught started strongly but soon faced the opposition of the parents. Guaman - good leadership is provided by one Richard Ata, baptised in the previous year. 7 adults were baptised. There was trouble over the illness of one scholar, whom it was said was being killed by the fetish Kodonko in Atonko because his priest had died, and no-one wanted to assign him another. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context D-01.63b.VII..157 Subject The topic of the resource [Archives catalogue]: Guides / Finding aids: Archives: D - Ghana: D-01 - Incoming correspondence from Ghana up to the outbreak of the First World War: D-01.63b - Ghana 1895: D-01.63b.VII. - Anum Title A name given to the resource Clerk's Report for 1895 Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource Date early: 22.02.1898 Proper date: 22.02.1898 Description An account of the resource He has the impression that the presence of the church is causing changes, including the point that now it does not cause a crisis when someone wants to become a Christian. Even fetish priests and their families are content to see their children becoming Christians. Worawora - increased from 28 to 58, with 33 catechumens and 22 pupils in the school. The first presbyter has been chosen - Josef Kwame. The great problem is maintaining Christian discipline in sexual matters, and he was very happy to celebrate Christian marriages for two of the first Christians, baptised 6 years previously, Charles and Thomas. Several people have been brought to confess secret sins. Gyasekan - the community increased from 30 to 33, with 10 catechumen, and 17 pupils in the school. A weak church - often on his visits Clerk meets no members there at all. The main problem is division between Christians from the two Gyasekans. Also the senior and most influential Christian, Goerge Zate, is not giving good leadership - he is almost certainly about to break up his marriage with a Christian woman. The catechist too is weak in community affairs, better at preaching journeys and the school. Guaman - the community increased from 25 to 47, there are 10 catechumens and 13 pupils in the school. The community scattered among the villages of Guaman, Atonko, Aka, Ksuta, Kagyebi. Richard Ata of Guaman, the first Christian in the area, has been chosen as presbyter. In Guaman the increase in the Christian village has meant a significant decrease in the small heathen village, and the heathens no longer come to street preaching. Borada - an increase from 1 to 7, with 27 catechumens, and 7 pupils in the school. The Catechist there lost much respect with the heathen when, at the birth of his first child, he used heathen medicine, and to allowed himself to be persuaded to trust to ‘unclean' specifics. The catechumens there are not moving onto mission land. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context D-01.67.VIII..216 Subject The topic of the resource [Archives catalogue]: Guides / Finding aids: Archives: D - Ghana: D-01 - Incoming correspondence from Ghana up to the outbreak of the First World War: D-01.67 - Ghana 1897: D-01.67.VIII. - Anum Title A name given to the resource Clerk's Report for 1897 Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource Date early: 16.04.1894 Proper date: 16.04.1894 Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context D-01.61.VII..145 Subject The topic of the resource [Archives catalogue]: Guides / Finding aids: Archives: D - Ghana: D-01 - Incoming correspondence from Ghana up to the outbreak of the First World War: D-01.61 - Ghana 1894: D-01.61.VII. - Anum Title A name given to the resource Clerk's Report for the First Quarter of 1894 Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource Date early: 24.04.1896 Proper date: 24.04.1896 Description An account of the resource Reports a case of a husband who has having, difficulties becoming a Christian - he was a polygamist, and one of his wives had also had her name written down, perhaps in the hope of being the chosen wife. She was somewhat weak in body, however, often suffering hard births, and the husband was perplexed over this choice. Clerk demonstrates that relations between the Buem 'king' and the mission were complicated. The king wanted a teacher for Borada, and had refused to intervene in one case where a Guamang man had asked him to stop a young relative becoming a Christian. However, he had apparently countenanced the pressure put on a young Guamang man, the son of Kwaku Lofo. The latter too had an ambivalent attitude - he had been friendly to Clerk ever since Clerk stayed in his house on his first visit to Guamang. Also he had frequently asked for a teacher to teach them wisdom. He had placed no obstacle in the way of a nephew, Yaw, being baptised, but he had refused to let his son be baptised. In Borada this lad had been threatened with violence if he did not - first - take the great oath 'Friday' that he would never become a Christian, then - second - the less oath 'the foot' that he would not. Neither of these strategies had succeeded, but he had eventually been deterred by his father’s threat to kill him. There are difficulties at Gyasekan - the chief is friendly, but his linguist very hostile. He had on one occasion broken into a house on the station in pursuit of a Christian he was harassing, and since this was against traditional law the chief had sentenced him to pay a pacification fee. A similar case had occurred in Clerk's presence on his last visit to Gyasekan, a Christian was actually being beaten in the room where Clerk had been talking to him, before Clerk stopped the aggressor. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context D-01.65.VIII..186 Subject The topic of the resource [Archives catalogue]: Guides / Finding aids: Archives: D - Ghana: D-01 - Incoming correspondence from Ghana up to the outbreak of the First World War: D-01.65 - Ghana 1896: D-01.65.VIII. - Anum Title A name given to the resource Clerk's Report for the First Quarter of 1896 Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource Date early: 26.06.1894 Proper date: 26.06.1894 Description An account of the resource The houses on the mission station in Jasikan were being built by the chief. There have been locust swarms in Buem. This year, too there are elephants in Buem - Clerk has recently seen a dance in honour of a hunter who had killed one. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context D-01.61.VII..147 Subject The topic of the resource [Archives catalogue]: Guides / Finding aids: Archives: D - Ghana: D-01 - Incoming correspondence from Ghana up to the outbreak of the First World War: D-01.61 - Ghana 1894: D-01.61.VII. - Anum Title A name given to the resource Clerk's Report for the Second Quarter of 1894 Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource Date early: 26.07.1897 Proper date: 26.07.1897 Description An account of the resource Reports cases both of a catechumen who confessed sins voluntarily because 'the Word of God gave him no peace' (a man called Kyekye), and another who lied about his having committed no major sins. Reports political difficulties in Worawora town. The chief's son, Dansoa Yaw, has had a case with a man called Tonto who had misled Dansoa Yaw's wife. The chief must have incited Dansoa Yaw to act fiercely towards Tonto on account some old quarrel, and when the case was taken before the chief of Gyasekan (b) Dansoa Yaw asked for at least 300 Marks, and the banishment of the family. This would have had serious implications for the Worawora community, since many of the members were from Tonto's family. Clerk went to the Worawora chief to warn him of the danger to the mission, and the chief told him that a lot of what was being said was rumour only. Clerk is still uncertain of the outcome, however. The people of Worawora still keep the possibility of moving in mind - they fear that the Asantes left some deadly medicine in the ground which they can only avoid by moving. Clerk reckons they have reason for worry, for in his 6 years though out of a population of 1000, 150 adults have died. Clerk puts this down to the rocky soil and the fact that the people wash, eat etc. in the village, and bury their dead there. In Gyasekan (b) there has been a large retreat from the catechumenate, and the Christians are in two minds about where their loyalties lie. Clerk writes that they may have to consider moving the station to Gyasekan (a). In Borada not only the catechist but also chief Akpanya gave no good report on the catechumens, whereon Clerk lectured them severely and put off their baptism. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context D-01.67.VIII..207 Subject The topic of the resource [Archives catalogue]: Guides / Finding aids: Archives: D - Ghana: D-01 - Incoming correspondence from Ghana up to the outbreak of the First World War: D-01.67 - Ghana 1897: D-01.67.VIII. - Anum Title A name given to the resource Clerk's Report for the Second Quarter of 1897 Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource Date early: 23.10.1896 Proper date: 23.10.1896 Description An account of the resource The report contains the history of the interrelations between Akpanya, the Borada king, the Christians, and the Kodonko fetish of Atonko. It is summarised anonymously in Heidenbote 1897 pp.28-29. The three brothers, from whom a successor to the dead priest of Kodonko was to have been found, all fled to Gyasekan to be written down as catechumens, and their mother, who approved of the course they had taken, followed them to Gyasekan to look after them. The eldest, though in difficulties over the use of Twi, persuaded them by his blameless character that they should baptise him. The others unfortunately seem little gifted, and are at present attending the Gyasekan school. After much commotion the Atonko people accepted the reverse, and started to go to work to select a member a family in the neighbouring village of Aka. The eldest son there fled to the Christians at Guaman, but the other son was instituted priest (at the age of 13) and given a wife. Soon, however, the boy - who Clerk remarks had cried at the installation ceremony also fled to the Guaman catechist. The matter came up before a council of the chiefs of Borada (the Buem overchief), Guaman, the two Gyasekans, and the Atonkos. The text of the speeches at the council are given apparently verbatim. The main speaker on the side of Akpanya was the Gyasekan (b) linguist, Ata, whom Clerk describes as an arch-enemy of the Christians. The eldest boy of the Aka family was called Odente. The discussion contains the point that Aka asks why, since on introducing the new catechist at Borada Clerk had promised that slaves who ran away to them would be given back if they had not been badly treated, this priest was not given back? The Christians replied that that concerned slavery and not religion - in any case the priest was a free man. Stress is also laid by the Christian spokesmen on the loyalty of Christian subjects of the chief. Catechist Ruben of Gyasekan drank no palm wine - Clerk implies on principle. The meeting closed in violence, with the Christians preventing the heathen taking the boy away by force. Finally Akpanya said angrily 'You (the Christians) can do this to the Atonko people. But I assure you, that if a priest goes to Agyei (the catechist) in my town, and he accepts him, I shall simply leave the town' Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context D-01.65.VIII..190 Subject The topic of the resource [Archives catalogue]: Guides / Finding aids: Archives: D - Ghana: D-01 - Incoming correspondence from Ghana up to the outbreak of the First World War: D-01.65 - Ghana 1896: D-01.65.VIII. - Anum Title A name given to the resource Clerk's Report for the Third Quarter of 1896 Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource Date early: 15.01.1891 Proper date: 15.01.1891 Description An account of the resource Discussing Gyadu, Clerk writes that he was meek and lovable, though never properly loved and respected by the Anum community. Clerk offers as explanation for this the fact that he never quite got over his old weakness for drink, and when he had drunk too much his conversation led to strife. Müller adds in the margin that he also informed the missionaries about events in the community which it wanted to keep concealed. Discussing the call to Buem he reports that one complication is that the Buems want to be part of the English colony. Clerk seems sympathetic, he writes that it is questionable whether they could work as well as they do if Anum were in the German area, and although he is not certain, it may be that in 'German' Kpando the slave trade has revived. Much of the report is concerned with Akwamu (assigned to Clerk from the period of Martin's arrival), but he also writes at the end about the Anum community, which it seems has had a troubled year. Clerk writes in a disillusioned tone, about the Christian village being overgrown with weeds, and the houses in it not well built, in spite of the missionaries' efforts towards this. There had been trouble in the year over church tax, freewill offerings, and the Christians have just refused to pay school-tax. However, a number of Christians have given a good account of themselves on their death-beds. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context D-01.53.VI..146 Subject The topic of the resource [Archives catalogue]: Guides / Finding aids: Archives: D - Ghana: D-01 - Incoming correspondence from Ghana up to the outbreak of the First World War: D-01.53 - Ghana 1890: D-01.53.VI. - Anum Title A name given to the resource Clerk's Report for the Year 1890 Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource Date early: 31.12.1894 Proper date: 31.12.1894 Description An account of the resource There is little desire for education in Buem and the scholars can only be kept in the school by love and coaxing. God is working by degrees in the hearts of the community - one confessed (in the preparation period for Holy Communion) that he had once collected rubber in the bush on Sunday - he was clearly ashamed of this, and believed, that the serious illness which had affected him shortly after his return was a punishment from God for this, and Clerk agreed with this idea. Joseph Kwame who lost his first wife by becoming a Christian has found another - Rosina Tawia. Their Christian wedding was attended by many heathen who according to Clerk agreed that a Christian wedding was nicer than their custom. In spite of 4 baptisms the number of members of the community has decreased due to people moving away. 9 baptisms in Gyasekan, including a youth from Guamang. Clerk's version of what occurred in Krakye is that the priest of Dente tried to get the Mohammedans of Kete to 'clean' the path to the fetish shrine - they refused whereon violence broke out, and a Mohammedan woman was clubbed to death and several other people wounded. At this point the German expedition arrived. The other man put to death was the priest's warrantor called Okra. Even the heathen women are happy at the death of the priest who was a bad man. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context D-01.61.VII..156 Subject The topic of the resource [Archives catalogue]: Guides / Finding aids: Archives: D - Ghana: D-01 - Incoming correspondence from Ghana up to the outbreak of the First World War: D-01.61 - Ghana 1894: D-01.61.VII. - Anum Title A name given to the resource Clerk's Report for the Year 1894