325 20 77903 Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource Date early: 24.04.1876 Proper date: 24.04.1876 Description An account of the resource Reports among the hearers at street preachings Asantes engaged in trade. And a dialectic with a fetish priestess from Kwahu whom he met on the streets in Kukurantumi - she called him her brother, since he served God, and she served a son of God, but Koranteng told her where her fetish came from, The people often tell him that the fetishes are nothing, but that they fear the priests. In the last four months he had baptised 4 adults and two small children, all from Kukurantumi, but his current catechumen group include 5 from Mmease, one from Kibi, and 2 from Kukurantumi. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context D-01.28.VIII..221 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-01.28 - Ghana 1876: D-01.28.VIII. - Kjebi Title A name given to the resource S.W. Korateng's Quarterly Report on Kukurantumi Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource Date early: 10.07.1876 Proper date: 10.07.1876 Description An account of the resource The report is summarised in its main parts in Heidenbote 1876 p 94. He gives a description of the new school garden, which includes inter al. 800 yams and 1000 cocoyams. He has made preaching journeys through Nkronso, Krobo, Wirekyereng (3 Apedwa villages), Asafo, Kukurantumi, Mease, Anyinasing, Asiakwa, Agyepoma, Akoko; Juaben people are scattered through the whole of Akim, and he found them mingling with the other hearers at street preachings. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context D-01.28.VIII..222 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-01.28 - Ghana 1876: D-01.28.VIII. - Kjebi Title A name given to the resource Asante's Report for the Second Quarter of 1876 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: 09.03.1876 Proper date: 09.03.1876 Description An account of the resource Written in his capacity as 'Praeses’ (Chairman) of the Basel Mission on the Gold Coast. A year ago the Governor (Strahan) urged him to write to him privately if the need ever arose - he did this over he risks of the Kwahu mission, and forwards Strahan’s reply. He also remarks that it is difficult to get masons to go to Begoro because of the difficulties of securing adequate food supplies there and that the whole of Akim seems to be in that difficulty. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context D-01.28.I..2 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-01.28 - Ghana 1876: D-01.28.I. - General Conference Title A name given to the resource Widmann 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: 21.01.1876 Date late: 24.02.1876 Proper date: 21.01.1876-24.02.1876 Description An account of the resource Letter from 21 January 1876 A very cordial letter, asking after the family etc. His ‘impression’ is that the missionaries in Kwahu would have nothing to fear from Asante, although doubtless there will be endeavours made by the king to bring back Kwahu to its former allegiance. However he wants to wait on the return of Gouldsbury from his next trek before expressing himself further. Letter from 24 February 1876 Gouldsberry has no information on Kwahu, but Strahan would be ‘surprised’ if – whatever attempts were made ba the Asantes vis-à-vis Kwahu, the Europeans were in any way ’molested’. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context D-01.28.I..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-01.28 - Ghana 1876: D-01.28.I. - General Conference Title A name given to the resource Strahan to Widmann (2 letters) 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: 21.09.1876 Proper date: 21.09.1876 Description An account of the resource Complete inventory of the possessions of Missionary Müh who died in September 1876. Some months before, Müh had married Lydia Mader, daughter of missionary Mader who was presumably born on the Coast - and her father was still Basel Mission Inspector of Schools stationed in Akropong. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context D-01.28.I..35 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-01.28 - Ghana 1876: D-01.28.I. - General Conference Title A name given to the resource Legacy of Missionary Müh 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: 04.01.1877 Proper date: 04.01.1877 Description An account of the resource Personnel on the station now includes Cat, Tim. Mullings, and Cat. C.L. Meyer. During the year the numbers in the community had increased from 14 to 56, there were 35 communicants and 4 children, 17 non-communicants. There were 14 catechumens as he wrote the report. In the boarding school there were two teachers in addition to Meyer as housefather - Jonathan Asumen, and Jonas Oware. 44 pupils. At Kukurantumi (he gives the area of Mission Land at 18 acres) the number in the community rose from 24 to 36 with 18 communicants, 2 non-communicants, and 16 children. There were 7 catechumens as he wrote the report. There 21 were 18 pupils in the school. The two new teachers in Kibi were both Akims. Asante writes that though not so gifted as the catechists they could have achieved better results with their pupils (the two lowest classes) if they had worked more conscientiously. The movement of people into out of the community included a loss of 16 people through their moving away, and a gain of 8 by their moving to Kibi, 31 by baptism of the heathen, and 3 by baptism of children of Christian parents. The life of the community is described in generalities - the heathen sins of adultery and becoming indebted were not absent; the Christians were making farms more willingly than in the past; 2 young men were apprenticed to a carpenter in Kibi, two more were about to be went to learn locksmithery at Christiansborg. Asante and the catechists travelled between them 45 days and worked in the following towns: Apiraman, Kade, Nkwatanan, Otumi, Asuom, Baneso, Takyimamma, Tumfa, Adadentem, Pano, Tete, Sagyimase, Asiakwa, Saman, Osine, Anyinam, Mease, Anyinasin, Dwenase, Abompe, Akenkawase, Kwaben, Asafo, Akoko, Afwenease, Akurofu, Awenade, Apapam, Afiesa, Apedwa-Krobo, Nkroso and Atfiionso and Wirenkyiren. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context D-01.28.VIII..228 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-01.28 - Ghana 1876: D-01.28.VIII. - Kjebi Title A name given to the resource Asante's Report on the Kibi Station during the Year 1876 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: 05.01.1877 Proper date: 05.01.1877 Description An account of the resource The pupils are from several inland tribes, and brought by their parents - not as before recruited after hard work by the missionaries, In fact many boys had to be turned away. 44 is the largest number they can accommodate. Most of the new pupils are small boys. No pupils were expelled (in spite of a rule that the third detected lie would be punished by expulsion) - and one was transferred to the Akropong Middle School. The school and the pupils had a troubled year. At beginning some of the ex-slave boys were severely treated - even beaten - by their ex-masters. They were also forced to give an 8-week holiday instead of the usual 3 week holiday, because with the presence of Hausa soldiers followed by the Juaben refuges there was a severe shortage of food. At the end of the year they were again forced to give an unexpected vacation due to an epidemic of chicken pox. They have started a farm on land beyond the mission land's boundaries to the South-East. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context D-01.28.VIII..227 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-01.28 - Ghana 1876: D-01.28.VIII. - Kjebi Title A name given to the resource Asante's Report on the Boarding School in 1876 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: 11.10.1876 Proper date: 11.10.1876 Description An account of the resource 4 women have newly come forward into the catechumenate. The other catechumens are receiving almost daily instruction. Asante is running a night school (in addition to earlier instituted Sunday school), in the former many members and catechumens have learned to read. Several heathen young men who do not intend to be baptised have also started attending the night school. The members of the community themselves asked for this night school after Asante had several times himself attempted something of the kind and failed. They have made a law among themselves to punish anyone absent without good reason with a fine. Asante writes that this is not evangelical practice but still necessary in Akim. A catechist appointed to Kibi in the middle of the year, Samuel Gyima, is a Kibi man and had to be suspended almost on arrival for having committed adultery in Akropong. He repeats a request for a diacon to assist him in Kibi. If this request were granted he would transfer Mullings to Asiakwa and start the chain of outstations he wants to create between Akim and Kwahu, though he adds in passing, that he should think also about the North and North West of Akim -the bulk of the schoolboys from outside Kibi and Kukurantumi come from this area and all the baptised school boys are from Kwaman. A path goes from Kibi to Kwahu via Kwaman but it is not as direct as the other path. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context D-01.28.VIII..226a 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-01.28 - Ghana 1876: D-01.28.VIII. - Kjebi Title A name given to the resource Asante's Report for the Third Quarter of 1876 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: 18.10.1876 Proper date: 18.10.1876 Description An account of the resource Out of the graduates of the school up to 1876 had come 2 catechists, 2 teachers, and 3 fathers of Christian families. This is a history of the Kibi school written from Asante's own knowledge and the information in the school-records. The key moment of change for the school was after the emancipation of 1874 'when instead of tyranny and oppression (a period of) freedom and equality (arrived)’. The youth of Akim used this freedom to start coming to school. Most come from Kibi, Asiakwa and the North West. 3 are from Asante - a Kwahu whose uncle brought him to the school before the missionaries were established at Abetifi, a Juaben, and a boy from Kumasi who before had been a slave following capture as prisoner of war. It is a real haven for once slave youths - the masters are still trying to force people to remain slaves, but no-one dare touch a pupil at the Boarding School. Now ex-slaves sit next to boys from free and noble families in the boarding school - it is interesting to see the ex-slave sitting next to the boy from the royal family, and hear the former say to the latter 'Kosa nsu bra afei yew ungina ye pe’ which Asante translates to mean 'Go and fetch water, we are all alike now'. 5 of the boys who entered the school are baptismal candidates have applied for baptism - they are all older boys. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context D-01.28.VIII..226b 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-01.28 - Ghana 1876: D-01.28.VIII. - Kjebi Title A name given to the resource Asante to the Basel Women's Association: A Report on the Kibi Boarding School in the Third Quarter of 1876 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: 22.02.1876 Proper date: 22.02.1876 Description An account of the resource First night at Osino, second at Anyinam, third in a bivouac, mid-afternoon on the next day at Mpraeso. Very friendly reception at Mpraeso – they had a choice of accommodation. 600 people including the chief and his elders listened to Asante’s preaching the next morning, and he had the impression that people in Mpraeso were very pleased with the news that the mission was starting a Kwahu station. The hill surveyed in Obo was to the North-West of the town, 10 minutes away. To Weimer it was the water question which was decisive in deciding against it. They were not able to see the chief in Obo – he was involved in a fetish ceremony. From Obo to Abetifi they passed through a sizeable village -Aduammoa. In Abetifi they first found themselves lodgings, then got permission from the chief to choose land for themselves although they did not meet the chief because he was celebrating a fetish festival – he returned two days later. The purchase process lasted about a week, with the local idea first that the land sould be given to the mission – though this turned out to be really a form of rent with an unfixed present due to the chief every few months. They were not familiar with the idea of land purchase and two days were spent in consultations between the Abetifi chief and the other Kwahu Chiefs over what was to be done. Eventually the purchase was agreed on at 110 dollars, and on their side the letter of purchase was signed by the chief, 2 linguists and an elder (The land is described as a triangle, 3000 paces along each side). Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context D-01.28.X..242 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-01.28 - Ghana 1876: D-01.28.X. - Abetifi Title A name given to the resource Weimer 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: 13.04.1876 Proper date: 13.04.1876 Description An account of the resource The letter is printed in HEIDENBOTE, 1876, p 50-51. It is concerned mainly with building reports. They had to survive a month-long strike of the labour force. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context D-01.28.X..247 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-01.28 - Ghana 1876: D-01.28.X. - Abetifi Title A name given to the resource Werner 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: 28.04.1876 Proper date: 28.04.1876 Description An account of the resource The letter, written in Aburi, is printed in HEIDENBOTE, 1876, p 49. It includes information about contacts between the mission and the colonial government over Kwahu, and between Ramseyer and Prince Ansahe. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context D-01.28.X..248 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-01.28 - Ghana 1876: D-01.28.X. - Abetifi Title A name given to the resource Ramseyer 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: 26.05.1876 Proper date: 26.05.1876 Description An account of the resource The letter includes a list of expanditures on building to date, and an estimate of future costs. NB: The word “strike” seems to have been in use among the workers, it appears in quotes. There is a melange of letters from Abetifi in Heidenbote 1876, p 85f not quoted in extenso but combined with an editor into an article. It is mainly concerned with the fact that there had been another strike and that in mid-August there was a war-alarm. Obo, Obomen and Twenedurase seem to have been moving towards cooperation with the Asantahene. A salt-trader from Kwahu taking a consignment into Kumasi was the link with Asante. The situation calmed down again fairly quickly it seems. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context D-01.28.X..249 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-01.28 - Ghana 1876: D-01.28.X. - Abetifi Title A name given to the resource Werner 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: 06.07.1876 Proper date: 06.07.1876 Description An account of the resource The Abetifi catechist, Stephan Sakyi, had been away from the station for two monthis. The two missionaries are nowhere near proficient in twi at this stage. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context D-01.28.X..252 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-01.28 - Ghana 1876: D-01.28.X. - Abetifi Title A name given to the resource Werner to Basel Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource Date early: 03.08.1876 Proper date: 03.08.1876 Description An account of the resource The letter is quoted in extenso but not completely as an annex to the annual report of 1876 (p 117-118). Additional material in the manuscript includes the following, mostly about labour troubles: Once their workers had got a certain degree of skills they were showing themselves quite unashamed about demanding more pay, and if they did not get it, leaving the work. In quite a short time Weimer has had three different apprentice sawyers to train. 2 sawyers from outside Kwahu have recently left, although they are paying higher wages than they could get on the coast. Reasons which he has obviously heard for the dissatisfactions of workers from the coast are that they don’t like living with different tribe. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context D-01.28.X..253 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-01.28 - Ghana 1876: D-01.28.X. - Abetifi Title A name given to the resource Weimer 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: 18.08.1876 Proper date: 18.08.1876 Description An account of the resource Reports a rumour which they feel after interview with the king has some substance, that war is in the offing between Asante and Kwahu. The Juabens staying in Kwahu are leaving for Akim. There is also a rumour that the Juabenhene is preparing to invade Asante territory. The Kwahuhene has sworn his oath that he will never subject himself to the Asante, and Werner fears that he thinks that the missionaries are people of great influence with the Colonial Government – the king has expressed the idea that they could write to the Government on his behalf. There is a subscript from Widmann saying little need of fear at this stage, since the Juabenhene is still in Cape Coast, and all the signs are that Asante is still weakened by the division between Karikari and Mensa. However he feels the governor should be informed about what is rumoured. A subscript from Buck reports that he has informed the Accra Commandant of the contents of Werner’s letter, but that people on the coast place little credence in this rumour – too many are coming out of the interior for any to be taken seriously. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context D-01.28.X..254 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-01.28 - Ghana 1876: D-01.28.X. - Abetifi Title A name given to the resource Werner to Basel Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource Date early: 25.08.1876 Proper date: 25.08.1876 Description An account of the resource The contact between the three Kwahu sub-chiefs and Kumasi which seems to have been the base of the rumour, was a group of 4 men sent from Obo to Asante to receive the money for a delivery of salt. Werner reckons that what really happened was that Karikari, on Adu Bofo’s advice, promised this money in the event of the Kwahus returning to their allegiance to Asante. The crisis seems to have been generated in Kwahu. When the messenger came from the Protectorate – “quite out of breath” with the odd rumour about what was going out there, the tension seems to have dissolved as far as the missionaries were concerned: they were looking forward to getting the building work which had been interrupted by the crisis under way again at the beginning of the next week. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context D-01.28.X..255 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-01.28 - Ghana 1876: D-01.28.X. - Abetifi Title A name given to the resource Werner to Basel Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource Date early: 25.10.1876 Proper date: 25.10.1876 Description An account of the resource A letter for general publication, obviously intended for the public. On the right en route from the town of Abetifi to the Mission Station is a sacred wood with huge trees, in which are a number of apes, also sacred. On left is mission land. The path is bordererd by low bush and tall grass (in an earlier letter one of the Missionaries states that they found themselves clearing an old farm when they began on the clearing of the mission station, and that most of the land around Abetifi had been farmed and would be again). There are few large trees on the mission land – 100 paces from the mission house stands a huge silk cotton tree. The chapel will stand 50 paces to the south of the building, shingled roof, stone walls at least for the lower storey. The building of a Christian community is not proceeding very fast. People are avoiding any sort of positive commitment. The great fetish Atieam has forbidden the children from attending school, and the adults from attending services. The morning service on the mission station is very little visited, and this is even the case with the Christan workers who have come to Abetifi from the south; they seem to be the throw-outs from other Christian communities, and give the local people a very bad example. The attendance at Sunday street-preaching in the town is not very striking. During the week the Catechist holds a school for five boys. Three are house-boys of the missionaries, two are sent by the king who wants them to be given instruction. They seem to be very gifted. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context D-01.28.X..257 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-01.28 - Ghana 1876: D-01.28.X. - Abetifi Title A name given to the resource Werner to Basel Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource Date early: 25.11.1876 Proper date: 25.11.1876 Description An account of the resource A general letter about his life and work. Lamenrs the difficulties - a lack of skilled and trustworthy men (two of the sawyers were from Abokobi, and even these were pressing for higher pay), and his own inability either in twi or English (especially at the beginning of their work); were the main ones. One interesting point is that in contrast he ways with Begoro, Odum trees are quite scarce – they are having to go 20 minutes from the mission station to find Odum trees for felling, and then he will have three different parties at work on trees 10 minutes away from each other. Supervising under these conditions is trying. In the last 4 months he has supervised the sawing of 200 planks 12-20 feet long, and ¾-1 inch thick. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context D-01.28.X..258 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-01.28 - Ghana 1876: D-01.28.X. - Abetifi Title A name given to the resource Weimer to Basel Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource Date early: 10.01.1877 Proper date: 10.01.1877 Description An account of the resource Published apparently in toto as an appendix to the Annual Report for 1877 of the mission. It repeats on the whole the content of the letter No. 257. The building (of which some more exact details are given) has been their main business, they have made little progress with language studies and the evangelical work of the station has had apparently little impact. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context D-01.28.X..259 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-01.28 - Ghana 1876: D-01.28.X. - Abetifi Title A name given to the resource Annual Report of the Station Abetifi for 1876 (written by Werner)