306 20 77825 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: 11.05.1861 Proper date: 11.05.1861 Description An account of the resource He has made a preaching journey to Kibi while waiting for the situation to develop so that he could actually settle himself there. The preaching journey had the result that the Kibi people now know more clearly what his objectives are in going there - 'they have accepted a word for our teacher which indicates that they think school is a European custom rather like their fetish usages'. On the journey to Kibi he says the first village after Kukurantumi is Asafo - a pretty village with European style, houses with only one room. The people all out at farms they met only merchants - presumably in transit. After that Koko – again no-one in the village, over Aberewa Amforo, and through the Kibi farming hamlets, where he met a veteran carpenter who had worked with Brother Meischel. He describes in outline visiting in Kukurantumi trying to persuade nephews of an old lady to rebuild her house, coming across two young men with a copy of Barth's Bible Stories translated into Twi who were trying to work out what the pictures were. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context D-01.12.VII..5 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-01.12 - Ghana 1861: D-01.12.VII. - Akim Title A name given to the resource Strömberg to Missionary Lang 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: 28.05.1861 Proper date: 28.05.1861 Description An account of the resource The delay over starting the Kibi station is connected with the fact that Atta had been in Akwapim for a long time and was travelling back to Kibi very slowly (Strömberg met him on the road both as he went and returned from a short stay in Akropong at the beginning of April), and they judge that get reasonable price for land purchase or rent they should not start building first. The Kukurantumi people had all left the town on account of a dispute with an unnamed Akwapim town which looked at one stage as if it were going to lead to war between the two towns. Atta drinks a lot - this is not approved by his people. Nevertheless he is well-disposed to the missionaries - he has asked Strömberg to tell him the difference between right and wrong, and has listened to two sermons on the subject. In Kukurantumi they have made little progress, two of the Gyadam Christians have had to be excluded, one from what sounds like a complete collapse of belief and practice, the other because of lack of penitence. Strömberg remarks that Atta's predecessor must have been a fine character - the heir to the Gyadam stool Kwabena Fa had been such a man (NB Not in this report but in others the name of the current Kukurantumi chief is given as Ampa) Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context D-01.12.VII..8 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-01.12 - Ghana 1861: D-01.12.VII. - Akim Title A name given to the resource Strömberg's Report for the Year 1861 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: 26.05.1861 Proper date: 26.05.1861 Description An account of the resource Contains the information that at the end of May Atta passed through Kukurantumi and took Strömberg with him to Kibi, so that the Kibi station had really started. Asiakwa he now says had asked for a catechist - the people had come from Asante 30 years before the Gyadam people. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context D-01.12.VII..9 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-01.12 - Ghana 1861: D-01.12.VII. - Akim Title A name given to the resource Kromer's Report for teh Second Quarter of 1861 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: 26.06.1861 Proper date: 26.06.1861 Description An account of the resource Laissle moved to Kibi to help with the building in June 1861. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context D-01.12.VII..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-01.12 - Ghana 1861: D-01.12.VII. - Akim Title A name given to the resource Station Conference Protocoll 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: 30.07.1861 Date late: 31.07.1861 Proper date: 30.07.1861-31.07.1861 Description An account of the resource The station ran out of money for a month or more in July 1861. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context D-01.12.VII..13 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-01.12 - Ghana 1861: D-01.12.VII. - Akim Title A name given to the resource Strömberg 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: 29.08.1861 Proper date: 29.08.1861 Description An account of the resource Strömberg cleared the site of the mission building with a labour force of 60, though they were held up for money when the debt was 50 dollars. Kromer apparently has no trained sawyers (people from Kukurantumi will not work in Kibi on account of the high cost of food), but has trained carpenters. The king has complained they do not visit him enough. An elder has said to Kromer that he understands he will not be crucified when he dies because Jesus has been crucified on account of his (the elder's) wickedness. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context D-01.12.VII..14 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-01.12 - Ghana 1861: D-01.12.VII. - Akim Title A name given to the resource Kromer 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: 29.08.1861 Proper date: 29.08.1861 Description An account of the resource Reporting inter al his recent journey to Accra in pursuit of money – he did the journey to Accra in 3 days instead of the usual 4-6 by not going via Akwapim, and instead taking the Akim merchant’s road which leads more or less directly south. It crosses the Densu twice. You go two day's journey in the forest, resting in the intervening night in a shelter, since there is no village. On the third day you pass many villages, at first Fante villages making canoes on both banks of the Densu for use at the coast. After that you reach the Accra farming villages. There are no mountains on the route as there are on the Akwapim route, nor swamps like those between Kukurantumi and Akropong. At the Densu crossings it is always possible to find a canoe to ferry people for 1/2d. He would like to work for an improvement of this route since it seems to have originated in a hunter's track and thus with no particular geographical goal it wanders for no reason. Includes a sketch map of the area from Krobo along the Densu to Sansani. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context D-01.12.VII..15 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-01.12 - Ghana 1861: D-01.12.VII. - Akim Title A name given to the resource Strömberg 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: 01.11.1861 Proper date: 01.11.1861 Description An account of the resource Christians are already setting out to build houses in the Christian village in Kibi - at the time of writing 3 had been started, and a 'respectable’ carpenter and mason had also decided to ask to build a house there. He describes a preaching journey carried out one Sunday to Tete and Pano, the former he describes as Kibi’s corn store. En route he passed the Kibi graveyards, and the stream called Ahohomfona (=the washing of swords). At Tete he started off by saying that he was a messenger sent them by their king but he had to repeat this three times in the face of repeated interruptions ‘Eh! Eh! Eh!' by the old men. He then went on to give an outline of the .history of fall and resurrection - he remarks that the people were very attentive. The people also pushed around him wanting medicine - Strömberg gave none on that day, asking people either to go to Kibi to see him or to send someone, if this was necessary (ie. he had examined all the people who wanted medicine). South of Kibi Strömberg reports that 'Apedua' is composed of 3 villages, Krobo. Ngkoonoso,and Wrikai (Wrikesi?). Krobo is 3 hours away, he visited it one day to find most of the inhabitants absent either gold-digging or hunting - their hunting area is the biggest in Akim, extending 4-5 days journey to Fante, as far as Strömberg knows there are no villages beyond Apedua in that direction. They also hunt along the Densu as far as Sansani. Krobo is a town by African standards with a wide main street, and shade trees. The chief was friendly. West of Kibi ¾ hours away is Dadentam where they have been twice. Strömberg summarises in extenso a sermon there, including discussion of whether or not pagans belong to the devil. Kromer with his workmen saved bloodshed there in October - they were requested by the Okyenhene to send some of their people to Dadentam as arbitrators, because the Dadentam people had slaughtered two sheep in Kibi and taken them away. They had .come to an agreement with Apapam against the Kibi people. They had to engage in heated personal exchanges before the danger of bloodshed could be avoided. He writes a history of the conversion of a youth from Kukurantumi named Ewyi or Ejwi. He announced himself as a catechumen over a year ago -- his companion was not in earnests but he evidently was, and soon brought to the mission house every evening 12-15 youths who appeared in many cases to be really interested. When the Kukurantumi people want to war against the Akwapim village Ewyi went with-Strömberg to Akropong. At the time of Strömberg's going to Kibi he was still not sure about him, especially he wondered whether he was interested in life, or simply knowledge. Chr. Asante in Kukurantumi has been caring for him and has recently reported that he has had two dreams. In the first he saw a man who said 'Follow me’ and then showed him a deep valley with a grave and an angel throwing men into it who did not believe in Christ. In the second he saw a man attacking the Kukurantumi Mission House with a swords but after running a little way he gained courage to say to the man that he belonged to Jesus and was not afraid of him. Politically, there is a conflict between the Okyenhene and the colonial government, the latter having threatened to withdraw their protection from Akim. This was on account of the continued tension between Ata and Agyeman. Ata however claims that Agyeman is still on his lands and should withdraw to Oda. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context D-01.12.VII..20 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-01.12 - Ghana 1861: D-01.12.VII. - Akim Title A name given to the resource Strömberg's Report for the Third Quarter of 1861 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: 04.11.1861 Proper date: 04.11.1861 Description An account of the resource Describes the Dadentam incident. En route for Dadentam he passed 'here and there' men loading their guns in the wood. He in fact operated in Dadentam in company with two linguists from the Okyenhene. They had to spring between the two parties when they appeared because the fight was just about to begin, and after three hours he pulled the Kibi elder who was the leader of the Kibi party involved in the quarrel from the throng, and did not let go of him on the path back to Kibi until the elder gave orders that his people should be informed that he gave them the order to withdraw. Ata thanked him warmly for his intervention. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context D-01.12.VII..21 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-01.12 - Ghana 1861: D-01.12.VII. - Akim Title A name given to the resource Kromer 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: 02.12.1861 Proper date: 02.12.1861 Description An account of the resource Reports a preaching tour. Spent the first night at Asafo after apparently calling in many of the houses in the village to talk to the people. Kukurantumi - decided that the baptismal candidate has still to wait a little. The school is falling in numbers of regular attenders, these now number 12-15. The chief is sorry to see the school not flourishing. He is present at almost every service. At Tafo every Friday school is held by Asante and some of his pupils. Strömberg confronted the fetish priest there in conversation 'You serve a wicked master and will receive bad pay’. At Csiem the day before his visit there had been a gathering of 14 fetish priests. In Asiakwa on his first arrival the chief was not present because there had been a poisoning case in the town, and the chiefs of Apedua, Apapam, Kukurantumi, Nyinasin and Asiakwa were meeting in an a neighbouring town to settle it. The Asiakwa chief is called Duadu. The brother of the Asiakwa chief told Strömberg that he wanted to be baptised (Strömberg builds up a picture of a middle and peace loving man being rather moved by the gospel). Strömberg tried to teach him about faith as a result. The chiefs of the above named towns were in Asiakwa, with their retinue and advisers. One of Atta’s right hand men, an old elder, said that Gods word was sweet, and another repeated words which he had heard from Freeman that people are all looking for something new, but fear the fetishes, to whom up till now they have given their undivided faith. Strömberg explained to the chief that although they had passed on his request for a teacher to Basel he should not expect it to be granted quickly on account of shortage of teachers. He also spoke to the man accused of the poisoning, saying little about him except that he was a well-to-do man, and obviously interested in what Strömberg was saying. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context D-01.12.VII..22 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-01.12 - Ghana 1861: D-01.12.VII. - Akim Title A name given to the resource Strömberg 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/. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context D-01.13a.I. 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-01.13a - Ghana 1862 Title A name given to the resource General Conference 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/. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context D-01.13a.III. 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-01.13a - Ghana 1862 Title A name given to the resource Emacipation of Slaves 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/. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context D-01.13a.IV. 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-01.13a - Ghana 1862 Title A name given to the resource Ga-District 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/. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context D-01.13a.V. 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-01.13a - Ghana 1862 Title A name given to the resource Christiansborg (No. 1-69) 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/. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context D-01.13b.V. 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-01.13b - Ghana 1862 Title A name given to the resource Christiansborg (No 70-86) 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/. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context D-01.13b.VI. 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-01.13b - Ghana 1862 Title A name given to the resource Abokobi 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/. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context D-01.13b.VII. 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-01.13b - Ghana 1862 Title A name given to the resource Odumase 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/. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context D-01.13b.VIII. 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-01.13b - Ghana 1862 Title A name given to the resource Akropong 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/. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context D-01.13b.IX. 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-01.13b - Ghana 1862 Title A name given to the resource Aburi 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: 24.01.1863 Proper date: 24.01.1863 Description An account of the resource Politically a peaceful year, though there is still conflict between Atta and Agyeman over the land on which the latter is settling. The report transmits some material on the history of Akim told to Strömberg by Apietu, a grey-haired elder of Kibi. He lives a succession of 9 Asante and 12 Akim kings, with reigns varying between 10 and 40 years. Strömberg therefore puts the beginning of the history in the middle of the 16th century. In the reign of Opoku Ware there was fighting between the Akims and Asantes, at first in the region of the Asante towns of Aperaso, Apemaning, and Benne. The Akims were put to flight, their capital destroyed and the land made subject to Asante. (Measuring the decrease in size of Kibi since those days the elder commented that it was now smaller than the daughter town of a daughter town, meaning Akropong in Akwapim, founded from Akropong Akim.) The tribute due in Asante each year was gold dust and slaves (except that they were being sent there all the year). The demand for slaves is the reason for the small population of Akira compared with smaller areas of larger population like Akropong. The blow which the earlier Akim had to suffer came, also from Akwamu. The Akwamus had driven a wedge through the Akim land towards the sea, hoping to split off Akim territory. The Akwamu possessions stretched along the Densu to the Accra plantations. The Akwapims suffered much from them too. When the Akwamus were driven out of Akim with Accra help, the Kyerepons called the Akims to their assistance and a leading family of Akim Akropong, whose head was Owusu Akim, moved there helped to drive out the Akwamus, and settled there as the reigning family. Strömberg also repeats the point that the mission is set up on land where once there was an Asante village under an elder who had fled from Asante but according to him the elder himself journeyed back to Asante. Describing the Christian village, Strömberg says that living in it area Catechist Joseph Ofei, the 3 Kibi Christians, and thevstranger Christians mostly Accra people working on the mission buildings. (The mission buildings were not yet finished). Kukurantumi had been visited 6 times. Discussing the heathen, Strömberg writes that they are prepared for the gospel by the humility they were taught by their long subjection to Asante, and the small population which has resulted. They are also disillusioned with the fetishes. Strömberg gives as an instance of this that in the festival which took place in Kibi at the beginning of the year (1863) the decision had been taken to destroy some, not all - of the amulets (Strömberg adds a marginal note that this was because of fear of the amulets involved). As far as Christianity is concerned the people are still not sure of what it involves but on the whole well-disposed enough often to send children to the school - though equally opposition to this is one sign that Christianity will have to face opposition when its full force is seen, for the elders who oppose school argue that the Europeans will take their children from them for good. The Okyenhene is favourable to the school - he was once as a hostage or pawn in Jamestown. There are also, influencing the people towards giving them a good reception, the considerations that the government may not look kindly on Akim if the missionaries are not well received, the pride at being on good terms with a missionary, and the hope for presents. They are also struggling against the assumption on the part of the local people that they intend to set up a state within a state - withdrawing people from their normal allegiance. This is what Strömberg offers as the explanation for the opposition one of the servants - a Kibi youth had met with when he announced that he was going to become a Christian. The king could not stop him from working for the mission because he was a free man, but he took array his gun. In Kibi itself there are three catechumens - the youth mentioned above, an old lady and a Kwahu man who at the time of writing was visiting his homeland. In Kukurantumi three boys and two youths are in the catechumenate. The father of one of the latter has asked for baptism on the grounds that his past life was not good so he wants to be a Christian - though Strömberg is not sure if that has the ethical character it appears to possess. Strömberg notes in passing that there are far more fetishes in Kukurantumi than in Kibi. Among the Christians, an Akropong man in Kukurantumi has had to be excluded after recent baptism for drunkenness and quarrelling in public in Akropong, and one man could not be re-admitted because of insufficient penitence. In Kukurantumi the three young Christians behave satisfactorily though they are still children, showing their Christianity only by the fact that they pray and attend services - they are sunpoped to pray for the conversion of their relatives. Jacobo Koagyman gives them most satisfaction - the elder of Kibi. Schools - the Kukurantumi school has 33 children on its rolls, but only 10 attend regularly. In Xibi there are 15 on the hooks, of whom 12 are regular. In the Census attached at the end of the report the total of the Kibi community is given at 13, with 2 communicants, and 3 catechumens In Kukurantumi the figures are 12. 2 and 5. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context D-01.13b.X..17 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-01.13b - Ghana 1862: D-01.13b.X. - Kjebi Title A name given to the resource Report for the Kibi Station in the Year 1862 (written by Strömberg)