2767 20 77831 https://www.bmarchives.org/files/original/67976 90b7bb03b4ed124d0191421394803940 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. 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/. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context QC-30.047.0059 Subject The topic of the resource [Archives catalogue]: Images: QC: QC-30: "Album." Title A name given to the resource Müller. Müller. 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: 09.01.1867 Proper date: 09.01.1867 Description An account of the resource Statistics give four buildings: A house for two married missionaries, a store for trade goods, a range of rooms for the missionaries' servants, the catechist, the scholars, and a room 'outside the courtyard' used for the school. Three missionaries, the catechist Tim. Obobisa, 8 pupils, and 15 members of the community (of whom 12 are communicants), most of them seem to be members of other communities in Anum on account of the mission buildings or its trading activities. Most of the mission land is and will remain simply grassland, since the workers who have been planting maize will soon be leaving Anum (presumably this refers to the people involved with building). A coffee plantation would be very nice, but there is little prospect of the Anum people being interested. Some have already started to plant coffee, but most only farm for the food they need, and hardly enough for that. The station is cut off from the other stations for a quarter of the year. He particularly wants to be able to speak to the people without an interpreter, but is finding it hard to get on with Twi because he hears it spoken so little. The workers on the site all speak Ga, and the people in the town Kyerepong. He had initially hoped for considerable success from the considerable time he was spending in street preaching, since his hearers were usually numerous and attentive. But no consciousness of the need for a saviour and rescuer showed itself, 'and it seemed especially hopeless when I was on the way back to the station, and there was a hellish noise to be heard in the town.’ Curiosity brings most people to listen to preaching, and the women hold themselves aloof still. ‘Most people seem to believe that our main object is trade'. On his preaching journeys the whole population of the towns and villages turns out to hear what he has to say, but there is little longing to hear the gospel. Kwabi was transferred away from Anum in October, at his own wish. He worked industriously, and wanted to learn Greek, since his training took place under the old conditions in which no Greek was learned. However, he could not remember or understand the Declensions, so 'I advised him to give up, and offered instead to work through one of the Epistles with him'. He suffered a little from the ‘chief mistake of our Mission' - the des1re to be paid for everything, the lack of readiness to do things willingly for the Lord's sake. Obobisa, the new catechist, is fresh from the Seminary and now has to prove himself. He knows more than Kwabi, and knows how to apply his knowledge in the school and in catechising. He also wants to learn some German, but he has had little time for that with his mornings taken up with the school, his late afternoons with the catechumens, and the job of teaching Müller Twi in addition. 9 people were baptised on New Year's Day 1867. Müller discusses each case in turn. 1. Maria Meansa, mother of Philip Kwabi, about 60 years old, from Ahudome, '5 hours east of Anum'. She asked for baptism first on Christmas Day - or rather, her son said that he believed that she was ready for baptism, and no more able to undertake instruction on account of her age. Müller could not bring himself to baptise someone who was quite uninstructed and quite untested. After that she attended services a number of times, but was then called back to Awudome to attend to a sick daughter. Every now and again she would reappear for short periods, and after about 6 months asked herself to be given baptismal instruction. After instruction: ‘I asked her if she believed Jesus Christ would accept her, and make her holy, she said she did, and did not trust in her own righteousness and right doing. I was convinced she said this for Christ's sake.’ During the course of baptismal instruction Müller learnt biographical details: As a girl she was captured by an Akwamu man, and sold into slavery in Akwapim. Of course, she could not marry: her master took her as a concubine, and she bore him children. ‘As she thought back over that period in her life, and told me about it, she could scarcely stop herself openly weeping: she must often have experienced blows and rough treatment'. She was, however, allowed to send one son to be educated as a catechist. When her husband, or master, died, she ought to have become the wife of one of his brother‘s. But she knew he was even crueller than her old master, and since she was still in the land of her slavery, decided to flee back to her home town. Müller writes that he does not exactly know what happened afterwards, though he does know that the case came up before the Government she was declared free, though her children were only to become free if they bought their freedom. 'I tried to show her that this time in slavery was the way of Salvation for her, since her children had become Christians because of her being in Akwapim, and so had she through her son Philip; but she could scarcely understand she was so consumed with grief.‘ 2. Michael Kwami Sai, son to Maria Meansa: announced himself as a catechumen in 1866. On his first visit with this news Müller asked him why he wanted to be baptised. He replied that he wanted forgiveness for his sins. ‘I asked him what sins - and after a long hesitation he replied that he had committed adultery.’ He had in fact received some baptismal instruction in Akropong, but led a dissolute life, returned to his home town, and 'sank still further'. At Anum at first he was not ready enough to accept teaching, nor obedient enough, but accepted Müller's correction. Aged 25. 3. Friedrich Bernhard Akrofi from Late - had been Müller's house boy for a year. 15 years old, no living parents. His relatives had given him to the Mission to bring up. Had a good knowledge from his schooling in Late, and with his firmness, Müller baptised him very readily. 3. Joseph Kwami Dapa aged about 13 from Anum. Very ready to be instructed in Baptismal Classes; willing to perform whatever tasks he was given unlike his fellows, no thief; has permission from his relatives for his baptism; is somewhat undergrown. He has already helped Müller explain bible pictures, a job he enjoys, while his fellow pupils are ashamed to try. Another baptism on Easter Day 1866 — Robert Obodai, son of David Obodai and a heathen wife. The father is one of the Ga Christians in Anum. Of the Christians in Anum from the Ga and Akwapim areas they attend services regularly, and know how to pray. One, a trading servant from Ada is a true Christian, praising God openly when he has the opportunity. The others, however, are lukewarm and slack, would spend the whole Sunday together drinking Palm wine if given the opportunity and in their own affairs make almost no difference between Christian and heathen. Müller gives some extended account of the contents of his baptismal instruction. 'On the basis of (an explanation of) God's law I showed them what sin is from God's point of view, and what God wants from us, and so began an examination of their own lives. Then they were given instruction about the Saviour, his conception and birth, and his story to the time of his ascending the throne of glory, and his being the only means of salvation for this them in their sinful state. I also showed them that it was only on account of his spilt blood that their sins could be forgiven and that they could receive the Holy Ghost: only because of him could they receive new hearts and be made children of their heavenly father. So they should cast themselves entirely on Jesus, must love him more than anything in the world, hate their own lusts, and in everything surrender themselves to him. If they wanted all that I would baptise them. They wholeheartedly agreed, and when I asked them again why they wanted to be baptised, they mostly answered: They had acknowledged that God's Word is true, and in it is written. He who believes and is baptised will be made holy'. That their faith is still weak cannot be doubted, but I truly believe that in their hearts there is a living longing for Grace, and so I decided to baptise them.’ There is an extended comment by Josenhans on this report. 1. He notes the opposition of the lack of farming of the mission land and the unhealthiness which Müller believes the grassland vegetation brings with it. Could not men be brought in from other stations who would cultivate the mission land, perhaps not paying rent, but anyway not being paid for their work, simply farming for themselves? 2. He reckons Müller's worry about the lack of response his preaching gets is simply a result of his weakness in Twi - in a year or two he and the people will understand each other, and then the re5ponse will be more positive. 3. Since the Anums all speak Kyerepong, when Müller has learned Twi he should devote his attention to learning this other language also, though he should already be asking advice of missionaries who are expert in language questions on the subject of Kyerepong. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context D-01.18b.VIII..3 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-01.18b - Ghana 1866: D-01.18b.VIII. - Anum Title A name given to the resource Müller's Annual Report for 1866 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: 06.04.1890 Proper date: 06.04.1890 Description An account of the resource The reports from Hall and Clark have the No. 129-130 and 138. He remarks over Clerk's report that a younger brother's remarks have to be taken carefully, .especially in reference to the Volta people who face strangers with distrust. Putting 5 workers in Buem as Clerk asks is in any case not possible, since there is a shortage of staff generally. The interest in schools in Buem follows from the frequency with which Buem youths visit the coast (Accra and Fante), see school carried on, and want to learn the wisdom of the Europeans. He adjudges, in any case, that the people of the area are not ready for the gospel, citing their general acceptance of the past poison ordeal - but equally that they may be eager for help to help them out of their miserable condition. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context D-01.53.VI..131 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 Müller's Comment to the Hall and Clerk Reports on their Journey 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: 25.05.1866 Proper date: 25.05.1866 Description An account of the resource In this (misfiled) report Müller reports considerable opposition when passing a fetish site which was not in Anum itself. The site consisted of 3 large round stones laid one on top of another, surrounded by a fence. When he get near a crowd of men ran up to see what he would do, and when he tried to preach about the foolishness of worshipping stones, some ran away in anger, the others set up such a noise that he could not continue. His catechist had had the same experience at the same place. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context D-01.19b.IX..1 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-01.19b - Ghana 1867: D-01.19b.IX. - Anum Title A name given to the resource Müller'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: 25.04.1867 Proper date: 25.04.1867 Description An account of the resource The first part of this report is printed, more or less verbatim, in the 1867 Annual Report, pp 129-130. Unprinted material in the concluding sections: He describes a journey northwards from Anum. Preaching in Bose and Dame - in the latter they were little understood since this is an Ewe-speaking Ayigbe village. In fact, the further north they went, the less Twi was understood. Notes that the population lives on the hills. Between Boso and their night's lodging, in Sohai, they had to cross a 4-hour plain, completely uninhabited, the path crossed only by game tracks, the vegetation stunted. At Sohai he suffered a heavy attack of fever, with dysentery and vomiting, so was unable to complete his plan to travel two days' further north to 'Tschomai' (Dsome, presumably). He learned, however, in Sohai, that the people there were Ewe speaking, though they would know a little Twi because of the frequent contacts with Asante. They also had no information to give about Dahomey. They knew what kingdom borders on Ayigbe, but knew nothing of Dahomey, and indeed the Bremen missionaries reckon that the nearest road to Dahomey leads from Ho, and takes 6 days. As for Asante - the nearest Asante town to Dsome must be a long way away from it. ‘Our work will therefore have to be concentrated on the Anum district.’ When relations with Akwamu are good, the work can be extended in that direction. There are a few fishing villages on the Volta, and of course the capital itself should be considered as a place for mission work. However, for the past 1 1/2 years there has been enmity between Anum and Akwamu, and no-one from Anum is prepared to run the risk of going there. Akwamu has barred the way to the sea to the mission, both on land and on the river. 6 months previously Fetzer had been driven back when he tried to pass the villages of Ogoli and Ananse which are in alliance with Akwamu. If possible, two catechists should be posted to Akwamu. This might make for a change of heart there. The Akwamu objective seems to be the restoration of Akwamu rule over Anum and Peki. At the moment they are having to pay large sums for transport of groceries and the post, and things are much delayed. But they have nothing certain to report about the war - there are many rumours. Only, the Anums seem quiet, and not worried about being attacked in the near future. They had attempted to start a school under the shade trees in Anum, but found out that the children had to have everything translated into Kyerepong. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context D-01.19b.IX..6 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-01.19b - Ghana 1867: D-01.19b.IX. - Anum Title A name given to the resource Müller's Report for the First Quarter of 1867 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: 06.05.1890 Proper date: 06.05.1890 Description An account of the resource The report is printed in full as an annex to the 1891 Annual Report, pp86f. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context D-01.53.VI..139 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 Müller's Report for the First Quarter of 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: 21.05.1867 Proper date: 21.05.1867 Description An account of the resource Discussing the language question, he reports that not only their building workers, but also most of the house servants are Gas. Only a few of the station residents - including the boy who has been handed over to him, speak Twi. On the war there is little to report. They know the way to the coast has been blocked for the last quarter because of the Akwamu-Anlo hostility to the Gas. Nevertheless, one Ga worker did manage to bring in the March and April post in early May, after travelling through Anlo. The way to the North-West is unusable, since no-one lives there. They are still in contact with Ho, and will probably be able to use the Ho route to the coast for their mail and supplies. Early in May the Akwamus surprised Dodi in a dawn raid, and burned the town down. Whether Bose and Pekyi plan reprisals he does not know. On missionary work, they hope to baptise one of the Accra workers, a brother of the catechist, also an Anum youth who attends school. There are regularly many hearers when he preaches in Anum and the surrounding villages. This is not all curiosity: he is preaching on the coming of the Kingdom of heaven, and that has many attractive features compared with their world of lying chatter. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context D-01.19b.IX..7 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-01.19b - Ghana 1867: D-01.19b.IX. - Anum Title A name given to the resource Müller's Report for the Second Quarter of 1867 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: 05.08.1867 Proper date: 05.08.1867 Description An account of the resource His journey to the other Twi stations made difficult by the danger of travelling. His route: Anum-Pekyi, Pekyi-Abotia. At Abotia his Anum carriers were due to hand him over to Abotia carriers, who were to go with him on the route to Battor. But they refused, because of the danger, and he had to go on to Ho, and journey HoWaya-Anyako-Keta-Jellakofi. On the political situation: he would like to go to Akwamu to attempt to negotiate peace between the warring tribes. But this is a very difficult task - the enmity has lasted so long that it is has grown very complicated. The worst thing is that for several months now there has been a crowd of Akems in the vicinity of Akwamu with the objective of waging war on Akwamu. Recently they have been joined by about 100 Akem merchants who want to trade into Ewe country. From Catechist Obuobisa he learns that the intention of these people is not so much to attack Akwamu as to steal people, to plunder, and to rob, and to block the roads. However, they hope that Mr Freeman may be able to go to Akwamu and enquire into the situation. A subscript from J.A. Mader notes that he has met Freeman himself, at Abokobi, and asked him to go not just to Akwamu, but to Anum and Pekyi too. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context D-01.19b.IX..10 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-01.19b - Ghana 1867: D-01.19b.IX. - Anum Title A name given to the resource Müller's Report for the Second Quarter of 1867 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: 07.08.1890 Proper date: 07.08.1890 Description An account of the resource The report is mostly printed in Heidenbote 1891 ppl0ff. It concerns the completing of the the new Anum Mission House. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context D-01.53.VI..142 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 Müller's Report for the Second Quarter of 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: 27.09.1866 Proper date: 27.09.1866 Description An account of the resource An orthodox extended statement of the difficulties of working in Anum in the sense that no reactions are being obtained from the Anum people themselves. Following points: 1. Three times stated that clothes are a major concern of the Anum people – no details whether this is European clothes or local, but the statements are all about the population as a whole. 2. Simultaneously it is said that the Anum people go about painted, and wearing many charms, to protect themselves from bad spirits. 3, One Anum catechumen turned out to be wanting to have a debt paid: on discovering the missionaries would not pay, lost interest. 4. Early in 1866 Müller had met 12-15 elders grouped in the shade of a tree who had just been discussing a case. He enquired if they were interested in anything he could tell them - after some hesitation one pointed out to him that the season for planting maize was almost over and they had had no rain: 'I ought to give them something to eat'. 5. Cites as an example of the local slackness that they plant far less cotton than they could. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context D-01.18b.VIII..1 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-01.18b - Ghana 1866: D-01.18b.VIII. - Anum Title A name given to the resource Müller's Report for the Third Quarter of 1866 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: 29.10.1868 Proper date: 29.10.1868 Description An account of the resource Has no new news about the war - no mention of a campaign in August, only a report of the battle on July 13th, after which the Pekyi people, too, were tired of the fighting. Messages have just been sent by Dompre and the Anum 'King' to Accra, Akwapim and Akim asking for support in the fighting. Most of the report is taken up with a description of a visit to Boso, part of a preaching tour. Repeats the point: The children do not understand Twi. Evening conversation on the street reported in detail – Müller, a fetish priest, an old man, and a young man making a new tool for weaving. Müller started by asking why the young man made his tool only 4 inches wide. In Europe it would be 2-3 feet wide, and that is how in Europe such wide cloths are made. He replied that he did not understand European methods. Müller ought to show him how. Müller said he should just try with an 8 inch strip. The fetish priest said that white men possessed much wisdom, and that they should teach them this wisdom. So Müller asked them how they thought white men had learned their wisdom. God had in fact taught it; because the white men serve, fear and love him. He has taught them to find out all these things. Africans serve their fetishes, who cannot give such wisdom. But the fetish priest replied that they did serve God; the fetishes were intermediary between God and men. Müller poured scorn on this idea, arguing that the fetishes were nothing but objects. God was the creator - by looking at the sky, and at the thunder and lightning you could see his power. The fetish priest said they did want to serve God. Müller told him that God knew everything - whether someone was just saying something, or meant it from the heart; and that everyone had to answer at the throne of judgement. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context D-01.20b.VIII..7 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-01.20b - Ghana 1868: D-01.20b.VIII. - Anum Title A name given to the resource Müller's Report for the Third Quarter of 1868 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: 24.09.1888 Proper date: 24.09.1888 Description An account of the resource Partly printed as an annex to the 1889 Annual Report, pp46ff. Additional material: They plan to build a small cistern on the station; there is already one in Odumase. Their masons seem all to have come from Akwapim. There is the usual trouble about wages, but since the missionaries have more than enough people to work for them they have not responded to pressures to put wages up. Hall reports two German travellers in Ntwumuru who talk about the building of a railway from the coast through the German area to Salaga. They were wanting land in Nkonya on which to settle. A note from Eisenschmid names them as. Dr. Henrici and Leuchner, both North Germans, the first a Professor of Philology, and the second a painter. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context D-01.49.VI..112 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-01.49 - Ghana 1888: D-01.49.VI. - Anum Title A name given to the resource Müller's Report for the Third Qwuarter of 1888 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: 08.01.1869 Proper date: 08.01.1869 Description An account of the resource During 1868 the station staff changed in that - Brother Krauss died - Brother Schönhuth arrived, and was joined by his wife - The Ramseyer's arrived. A new catechist was also appointed to Anum after Obuobisa had failed to find a way of returning and they had been without from 1st July 1867 to 30th April 1868 — the new catechist was Chr. Asiedu. Little has changed in the outward appearance of the station and its land. In the work of the station, Schönhuth took over the trading side, and was able to restore it to regular operations in spite of the blockades. Chr. Asiedu gets a good report, especially in his performance when the missionaries get into palavers. He has little zeal for preaching to the heathen, however, and has to be supervised in his three hours per day school work. His translation work is good (Müller is still having to be translated when he preaches even into Twi: & Chr. Asiedu had only begun to learn Kyerepong when he arrived in Anum). Müller has been teaching him Greek and Hebrew. The Christian community increased through 6 people who moved to Anum from other congregations, and two new baptisms. One is Johane Ahima, a 22 year-old Anum man - he works on the station, living in the mission community. The other is Lydia Mamle, born in Ada, niece of an assistant on the trading side who lives with him as his cock. He thinks it had a real meaning for their hearts when they were baptised. One previous member of the Christian community had returned to his home near Late. Of the total Christian community of 14, 9 live in Anum, 5 in Awudome. The 9 communicants among them are mostly in the 15-30 age group, and need careful pastoral care. The non-communicants are a promising 12 year old boy, a young woman, a 6-year old girl, and 2 children of Christian parents. Most of the Christians resident in Anum live on the station. They have 8 youths on the station who act as their servants and at the same time attend school - only one is baptised. Although Müller has sometimes held his school in the streets of the town and tried to persuade more parents to send their children, he has not been-successful, though he thinks it is only a matter of time, and a fuller understanding of the advantages of education before people do begin to respond. When they are able to conduct street preaching, there is usually a group of 20-30 listeners in Anum itself, not so much patience elsewhere. Müller mentions villages 4-5 hours to the north where the people are of Kyerepong origins, but where he thinks they are changing over to the use of Ewe, and only the older people speak Kyerepong. There is one catechumen from Anum - he is really affected by the worry about eternal punishment. The Bremen missionaries have once more played a most important part in the survival of the station, giving a great deal of help to travelling missionaries, and ensuring a regular supply of foodstuffs, and regular postal arrangements. In a Subscript Schrenk reports the arrival of Müller in Osu. He has become a little eccentric in his isolation. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context D-01.20b.VIII..12 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-01.20b - Ghana 1868: D-01.20b.VIII. - Anum Title A name given to the resource Müller's Report for the Year 1868 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: 22.02.1889 Proper date: 22.02.1889 Description An account of the resource There are 6 houses on the mission land at Tosen, 16 at Boso, no figures for the other stations. Personnel of the district: Johannes Müller Peter Hall (Ntwumuru). Chr. Tenkorang (Tutunya) Chr Asiedu (Amfoi) Heinrich Lieb, Nik. Clerk plus the helpers who had been working on the district before the commencement of the year. Schools have been started in Tutunya and Anvoi, and there are demands for schools from Buem and Osman Kato in Kpandu. In Tutunya the 9 boys de not understand Twi however, so there are difficuhties. In Anum and Boso the success of the schools seems small - only with great efforts have the numbers of the pupils in the Boso school been kept up to 20, and in Anum Müller is clearly under no illusions that the scholars have made much progress in their work. Movements in numbers in the community - in Anum a number of women, whose husbands were already Christians have been baptised, while a number of men have been baptised whose wives have refused to follow them into the Christian village. In Tosen and Ananyo several families have joined the church. In Kpalime two old men have been baptised, one was the linguist to the Kpalime chief and had to withstand a lot of opposition from his chief and the Bosohene. In Tsate there are several catechumens, including a fetish priest and the chief of the village. Müller is especially impressed with the eagerness to sing in the community in Anum – singing he feels is a great weapon, and cites an occasion when the women and girls of Botoku sang half the night and when he asked why he was told that a woman had arrived from Anvoi knowing a new song, and they were enjoying it. The Christians live together peacefully and help each other with house building and when there is sickness. But married life shows various heathen traits still - husband and wife have separate purses, eat separately, and thogh their farms may be side by side it is known which belongs to the husband and which to the wife – this so that the wife may have some money of her own. Husbands give wives a little money to buy meat or fish, and the Akwapim masons send back a few shillings to their wives from time to time. He does take over his wife's debt, but she has to pay church and school taxes out of her own resources, and give the schoolchildren their clothes. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context D-01.49.VI..113 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-01.49 - Ghana 1888: D-01.49.VI. - Anum Title A name given to the resource Müller's Report for the Year 1888 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: 29.01.1890 Proper date: 29.01.1890 Description An account of the resource In Anum a cistern and a goat-stall are listed as mission buildings. Building is going in on most of the outstations, and in Anum the mission house has been held up by a four month absence of Brethren Lieb with yellow fever. There are 24 houses in the Anum Christian quarter. Müller notes that the people mostly go to Clerk with their problems - they look on the missionaries as strangers rather - he compares this sorrowfully with the Pauline situation, but notes that St Paul never had to build anything or maintain his own household (They studied St Paul's missionary situation in their second half yearly conference of catechists etc. However, Müller remarks, unfortunately, this was followed by a request from the catechists and teachers that they should be allowed regular periods of rest in Akwapim, and if it should be the expected thing that they return to Akwapim. Müller seems not to have had much difficulty dissuading them from these ideas.) Reporting on the work in Nkonya Müller says that with such an industrious farming people you have to choose your times for preaching cleverly if you are to have any hearers - just as you have to in Europe - otherwise they are all out in their fields. The major issue is fetishes, however - speaking as oracles, or with the use of a proverb, they can bring chiefs to ruin. And Hall discovered that, though he usually has good and attentive congregations, on a certain day in Wurupong the people ran away when he rang his bell, and an acquaintance reckoned him into his hut and told him that this was the day for offering to Sia, and no-one must make a noise - no bells were to be rung and no preaching was allowed. Amfoi is a disappointment the only help given in building the house which the people promised to build themselves was the work of 5 youths. Müller analyses the difficulty as partly that a part of the people are quite given up to the traditional religion, and partly that they have to build for themselves and work hard in agriculture in an area that is not very fruitful. No children have been given for the school. In Vakpo children are coming into the school, but the elders do not believe the possibility of a new birth for themselves. On difficulty in this whole area is that liquor is now penetrating from the German settlements, e.g. via Kpando and Amfoi. 'An Anum Christian has recently remarked that without hard liquor you cannot settle anything with an Nkonya chief'. In Tsate though the community and school are increasing, the chief of the village and a fetish priest lapsed from the catechumenate - the people in this community are many of them from Kaira and Tudome. Kpaleme has increased by 3 elderly converts. The local people are rather hostile. In Kpalime and Tsate they are having to use ordinary household receptacles for Communion. Boso has increased by 3 adult baptisms, and Anum by 12. Two of the catechists with their numerous family are cited as providing a good example of Christian family life. In Anum at the beginning of the year there were frequent threats that people would leave the Christian village - and indeed a number did, Müller listing the reasons: One because he was in conflict with the community Another took a second wife A third lost his only a child and seemed not likely to get another A fourth wanted to marry, and no heathen will marry a Christian Two other Christians have sent their wives away and remarried. The Christian village is not a good example of living in true love. Among these who were converted was an old man called Friedrich Obuobi, who had been resident in the same house as the missionaries at the time of the first starting in Anum in 1864. He had been regularly attending services for a long time and taking baptismal instruction, and indeed had often pressed to be baptised, but the missionaries were consistently worried about him because his attitudes were not clearly those of a convert - especially in that he could not admit to being a sinner. The missionaries had stressed to him that his time was short – and indeed during a serious illness he asked again for baptism, admitting that he had been a hypocrite pursuing only the outer advantages which followed from associating with the Europeans. He also acknowledged that he was a sinner. He was baptised and died several months later peacefully as a Christian. Another convert was Kwaben Otopa who in his time had been accused of sorcery and condemned to a heavy fine. He called the community elders to him in his last illness and confessed to them that he was a sinner and wanted baptism - and in fact was baptised in his house before his whole family. Towards the end of his life when he could no longer speak his heathen wife spoke prayers for him. Clerk baptised a man in a similar situation in Tsate. Among the baptismal candidates at Christmas was a fetish priestess (Müller writes ' or soothsayer') who had fallen into debt and need, and who appealed to the Christians for help. She was prepared to acknowledge that her old office was a sham. Müller writes that the chief and several elders were present at the service as if this was unusual – the chief was called Kumi. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context D-01.51.VI..99 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 Müller's 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: 18.02.1891 Proper date: 18.02.1891 Description An account of the resource Much of this report is published as an appendix to the 1891 Annual Report, pp 52ff. Additional material: Botoku, like Kpando, is pressing hard for a school. Summarising his assessment of the significance of development, Müller writes that this does not develops anywhere out of a longing to the truth, or quieten an inner unhappiness. But people often say that their children must learn something. Indeed they feel a need to know precisely the things they do not need - the outer characteristics of school training are what appeal to them. In the Anum area, 13 adults were baptised in Anum (including some wives of Christians) and 3 adults in Tsate. They have had a series of problems during the year – marriage conflicts (between partners), conflicts between families, and the restraining of an Anum Christian fail marrying a 14 year old daughter to a Boso man (the order of the community gives 16 as the minimum age for marriage). These were mostly settled, but in Boso one of the elders, indeed, the first in time, most gifted, and best known of them, was excluded from Communion and deprived of his office on account of his revealing himself as a betrayer of the Christians. Müller offers a rather disillusioned description of the Christians - they have inherited apathy and the phlegmatic character. For example, few of the awakened who were baptised as boys or youths and have learned to read, take trouble to read the scriptures for themselves in their mother tongue regularly. They have also few assistants who do not teach their baptismal candidates superficially, or who teach with a view to bringing them to the experience of spiritual power. Most teach the articles of faith, the Ten Commandments, the Lord as Prayer, and the Baptismal Declaration, by rote. There is no urge to explain among their assistants, nor an urge to know among their ordinary members. They do have an urge to pray - and after the prayer hours you can it be asked 'Master did you hear me pray? Was it right how I prayed’?' He wonders how this state of things could be bettered - have the people suffered too much under one kind of preaching or have they not been properly trained or is their childhood experience in their families, with its little intellectual stimulation responsible? Reporting on schools, he writes that all their schools in Anum and the north have to spend their first year teaching Twi. 6 boys from the Anum-Boso area are in Akropong, most supported by their families. Changes in local personnel have occurred - Mesak Gyadu died, and Herman Amaning is seriously ill in his home town. Benjamin Adae has started work as teacher in Ntwumuru. Gottfried Martin joined the ranks of missionaries on the station while Brother Lieb had to be repatriated very much weakened by yellow fever. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context D-01.53.VI..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-01.53 - Ghana 1890: D-01.53.VI. - Anum Title A name given to the resource Müller'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: 14.04.1896 Proper date: 14.04.1896 Description An account of the resource He remarks en passant that not one of the Akwapim workers in the Ewe districts has yet learned to preach in the peoples’ mother tongue, and some have been for 8 years. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context D-01.65.VIII..168 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 Müller's Subscript to Mischlich's Letter (No 165-166) 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: 11.04.1882 Proper date: 11.04.1882 Description An account of the resource Reporting a tour of Akim, Asante-Akim, and Kwahu There are five Juaben villages in the stretch Koforidua-Kukurantumi. There are 28 inhabited places in Kwahu - 8 of them are among the largest towns on the Gold Coast. Kwahu burial customs (he mentions the casting of pottery out of the villages) he treats as being new to him. In the forest between Kwahu and Asante Akim he met a few hunters and people carrying loads of gum resin. In Asante Akim he calculates 5000 inhabitants, 10 villages, but the people haft only been there for 8 years and are not really settled. They are a busy people - the villages empty in the daytime. Politically insecure, however - he reports the wish to be linked to Akim Kotoku. Obogu is independent of both Asante Akim and Asante, has linked itself to Kotoku, 800-1000 inhabitants. From Obogu en route for Akim they pass two farming camps Komesu and Praso, both only inhabited from time to time. 6 hours south of them is Afosu (a Kotoku village) and 7/8 hours south again Asuom. Very bad paths. Their experience preaching on this tour was that everywhere the gospel is received as a good and kindly word. Only three times were they refused help over sleeping - once in a very poor encampment in Akim, once in Fade, and once en route of Asante Akim. In the Juaben villages people are willing but passive spectators. In the gold-mining villages (Osine named) the response is less marked. Akim women are treated much more like slaves than Akwapim women, and therefore come less to street preaching than Akwapim women. The fetish priest of Nkwatia can turn himself into a spirit and play like an ape in the trees, and comes into the villages at night armed, everyone flees into their houses. In Abetifi there were 40 people at morning service. Since there is a shortage of catechists, the Abetifi request for a catechist has been turned down. Of the 12 boys from the Abetifi boarding school at his examination all, especially the gifted ones, have done extremely well. 4 of the oldest Müller describes as 18-20 years old. They wanted to leave school, ‘being ttired', but their people expect them to become teachers, and after conversation they were re-heartened. In Pepease their preaching took place on the day of him a fetish custom, when there was no response to a request for silence for the preaching, Ramseyer went into the fetish priest's house, and immediately all was silent. They preached on the cross, and eternal death. In a similar situation at Sakaraka (except that the custom was to do with obsequies) they do not seem to have made any request for silence - the custom just stopped and people gathered round. Kwahu chief's houses are grander than those in Akim, and it is usual to see the war drums adorned with skulls. In Asante Akim they had few listeners. When he tried to interview the old chief about the question of a teacher they found he had died, and his successor was not so enthusiastic - he was mostly concerned to assert the need for some-one in Bompata rather than Adomfe. Müller reckons they are disappointed in the political results following their connection with the Basel Mission - and Müller told him that catechists were not supposed to waste their time settling papavars. In Obogu there was a much friendlier welcome on the part of men women and slaves. This town has cleared the way to the Pra. Obogu he describes as having 800-1000 inhabitants. West Akim, which he defines as being between the Pra and Atiwa-Pameng mountains, and inhabited by the Kotokus along the Pra and Abuakwas along the Berem contains 65 settlements, 40 of them very small, and the rest of average 500-600 inhabitants. Alongside from farming their main occupations are trade, catching fish, and hunting. Though the coast is only 4-5 days away they do not seem to have taken up palm-farming. The Asiamang people live on trade and hunting – their town is isolated in the middle of the forest. He travelled back to Aburi via Asiamang and Nsakye, going along the 'usual merchants' road to Accra for 8.9 hours, then along hunters' paths for 5-6 hours to the Densu and the village of Nsamam. From Nsamam Nsakye is reached in 6 hours, and Aburi in a further 3 hours. Asuom - the problem in-this town is that c 1879/1880 Buck found people milling to become Christians since then Ramseyer and Mohr have found none. Müller found none also. He has the view in fact that the local people have decided against the acceptance of Christianity - his host gave him to understand this, and the street-preaching congregation gave a hostile reception to his question when anyone wanted to become-a Christian. There is apparently a pond in the vicinity, whose fish are worshipped by the town. They did not want strife in the town from having the population divided though he admitted the younger people wanted to become Christians. Although catechumen had been reported in Otumi he could find none. (From Otumi to Kade they passed through Nkwatanang and Sabi). Kade repeated the theme the people were hostile to the extent of not wanting to sleep or feed the mission party, though earlier reports had spoken of a large welcome. In Adangkoro they were welcomed. Via Akwatia they came to Osanase where the relatives of an earlier middle school pupils welcomed them, and in the evening the whole village gathered for preaching. There is in fact a teacher's house and school house already built here and they have been asking for a teacher (Müller remarks that they mean they want a catechist) for a long time; the ex-pupil's (new merchant in Akuse) relatives have taken the lead in this. The town is not in a good position for a teacher, however; its neighbour-town is Asaman, but that is 5-6 hard hours away. There are 600-800 inhabitants. Though a catechist would do better in Osenase than Asiamang where there is absolutely nothing for him to do. None of the 5 Christians of Asiamang were in the town when Müller passed through. Müller advises that West Akim should be settled by a Deacon or two when it is riper for harvest. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context D-01.35.I..3 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-01.35 - Ghana 1882: D-01.35.I. - District Conference Akwapim-Akem Title A name given to the resource Müller’s Report on a Journey in the Inland Twi Areas 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: 31.12.1881 Proper date: 31.12.1881 Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context D-01.33.XIII..226 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-01.33 - Ghana 1881: D-01.33.XIII. - Kjebi Title A name given to the resource Mulling's Annual 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: July 1882 Proper date: July 1882 Description An account of the resource The report is two-thirds concerned with a journey to West Akim. He talks about Kotoku and mentions Katawere as being a major source of opposition to Christianity. In Asuboa the people flocked to write down their names, saying their fetish had been taken away from them. Discussing his Asiakwa Gemeinde he reports that 2 out of 10 catechumen were away from the town when the time came for their baptism. He reports an old woman, Sofia Korama, who near her death told him that she became a Christian out of gratitude to God - she and her mother were sold for £1 each, and her 2 children for £4 each, but all have obtained their emancipation. Another potential convert was a 12 year old girl whose mother was dead - she wanted to give herself up to God especially since her father was unsympathetic. He threatened to curse her before the fetish, Theodora Awua. An excluded Christian had been criticising the others excluded for going back to the elders and asking forgiveness - the moment he said this he was struck with a deadly sickness - that evening he sent for the elders to ask pardon for him. They did so, 'but his strong heart cannot repent'. His death brought a great fear on the congregation. Mullings has been visiting Nsutam, and a man decided to enter the catechumenate but died soon after. The local people believed the fetish had killed him, but Mullings told them the fetish could not move of itself and that it was the priest who poisoned him. He has also been visiting Samang and Sadwumase and though the people welcome him and are interested there are as yet no converts. The Agyapomma converts are in fact a family group. No school in Asiakwa on account of school fees, there are occasional evening classes ‘because some of them are unwilling to learn'. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context D-01.35.IV..65 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-01.35 - Ghana 1882: D-01.35.IV. - Kjebi Title A name given to the resource Mullings' Report