327 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/. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context D-01.30.XIII. 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-01.30 - Ghana 1878 Title A name given to the resource Akwapem-Akem Chairman 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-01.30.XIV. 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-01.30 - Ghana 1878 Title A name given to the resource Akwapem-Akem School Inspector 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-01.30.XV. 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-01.30 - Ghana 1878 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/. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context D-01.30.XVI. 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-01.30 - Ghana 1878 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/. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource Date early: 21.03.1878 Date late: 24.03.1878 Proper date: 21.03.1878-24.03.1878 Description An account of the resource Dieterle and Buhl (21st March) recite the facts more or less as they are reported by Mohr (see No 232. One additional piece of information appears – the fetish priest who identified the missionaries as the cause of the epidemic was called Kesewa). They say they have no wish to bring the matter before the courts, but ask the Governor to send a message to Begoro to admonish the people to let the missionaries finish their house. In reply there is a copy of two letters from Governor Freeling dated 24 March, one to the Okyenhene with a copy of the Begoro letter and a warninig that Atta is held responsible for the doings of his sub-chiefs, the other to the Begoro chief (Kwasi Antshi) warning against 'any interference with the missionaries or any unfriendliness shown to them' on penalty of a fine. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context D-01.30.II..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-01.30 - Ghana 1878: D-01.30.II. - General Chairmann (Präses) Title A name given to the resource The Mission Authorities to Governor Freeling about Events in Begoro and replies from the Governor 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: 28.02.1878 Proper date: 28.02.1878 Description An account of the resource A part of the report is printed in Heidenbote 1878 p 51 (The bulk of the unprinted material is concerned with Eisenschmid’s impressions on a return to Kibi).. In discussing Begoro he says that he had visited the station several times before, the last time for three weeks on account of trying to get information about Ramseyer and Kuhne during their captivity. It was also visited repeatedly by catechists before the proposal was made to found a station there, and the Begoro people were familiar with the work of the missionaries in Kibi. This is (he implies) a contrast with the situation in Abetifi, and helps to explain the different rates at which it has proved possible to build up the Christian community in the two towns. Reporting on the position of the station at Abetifi, Eisenschmid says that Catechist Sakyi had been a cause of anxiety - he was heavily in debt, and had turned to trading, and his marriage status was not clear. But the missionaries on the station are more satisfied with him now. In Kibi there were some christian wives who had been servant-girls in his household. They had gone their own way for a time, and then returned to the church. Equally there were men (including one elder) who had been schoolboys or servants, who had left the community for a time, and then returned. He also recognised many people whom he had known before when they were heathens. Citing as especially noteworthy the case of Aboagye (Boakye). He first net Aboagye when visiting his paralysed brother Noa Asante. The latter had learned to read, and busied himself in his days of sickness in reading the bible, and died as a Christian. Aboagye meanwhile was a king's drummer - at the same time he was not at peace since he learned to ready from his brother land then spent much time reading the bible and other books available to him. Whenever Eisenschmid urged him to become a Christian he would reply that he was simply a drummer of the king's. However he now had a thorn in his heart, and he must have battled over his religion for ten years. However, after such a long time, his conversion was the more decided, and he was baptised in 1877. You can see his happiness in becoming a Christian in his face and that although he was deprived of all his possessions. When the Okyenhene accused him of a debt of 5 Pereguan (36 dollars) and through false witnesses he was convicted of this before the English courts in Accra. Not that the Okyenhene profited much from this act - the sums were too small to help him much, and such an oppressive act has harmed him in the estimation of his people. Eisenschmid had already heard people talking in these terms on his journey, before he arrived in Kibi. His wife has given up the status of princess, which has done her as much good as it would a European princess. The Kibi Christians seemed to him to have healthy and happy grasp of their religion, something indeed,which followed from the battles and persecutions which they had experienced. They are deeply devoted to the Lord and to each other. He wonders if this description is too rosy - but that is how they seemed to him that Sunday, though they are not free of the problems of the other Christian communities. At street preaching most of the Kibi people held aloof out of fear of the Okyenhene. The heathen listeners were mostly foreigners. Eisenschmid exchanged only formal greetings with the Okyenhene. He outlines his position as one of increasing weakness - he has somewhat estranged his people with his colossal lying in Accra, and he kas weakened himself by incurring so many debts in that case. The emancipation of the sIaves has nowhere had so great an impact as in Akim. Large numbers made use of the emancipation, and everything has helped the spread of Christianity. On the one side there is the king with his anger and accusations. On the other one of his richest elders concluded that opposition was of little use, and when he discovered that freed Christian servants served more industriously than they had as heathen slaves he allowed every slave of his to become Christ if he wanted. If the Okyenhene had acted in this way he would not now be so weak. Kukurantumi - the 6 Christian houses of 1874 are now 17, and he is convinced after his visit that in them, an orderly and happy regime of life and work is carried on. Ampaw is 'as always' friendly disposed - but his fetish priest has forbidden him to go to services on the station. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context D-01.30.XII..125 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-01.30 - Ghana 1878: D-01.30.XII. - Akwapem-Akem District Conference Title A name given to the resource Report from Eisenschmid about his Journey to Abetifi (Akem and Okrau) 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: 25.01.1878 Proper date: 25.01.1878 Description An account of the resource On the subject of the English regime, its relations with Basel etc. - Buhl as Mission Treasurer in Christiansborg seems held to have a watching brief over events on the Gold Coast for the Basel Committee. He reports the relations between Ramseyer and the government over Ramseyer’s plan to go to Kumasi - represents the Governor’s reactions as evidence of the great weakness of his position and that of the regime on the Coast. Governor Freeling is a civilian, not a soldier. At the end of the letter he lists the personnel of the Colonial Government - 1 governor, 1 Colonial Secretary, 1 Chief Justice, 1 Private Secretary, 1 judge, 1 auditor, 1 Police Magistrate, 1 Captain for the troops, 1 Customs collector, 1 doctor, and in every significant town on the coast one under-collector. This list omits the people at Lagos. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context D-01.30.IV..18 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-01.30 - Ghana 1878: D-01.30.IV. - General Cashier Title A name given to the resource Buhl 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: 30.05.1878 Proper date: 30.05.1878 Description An account of the resource The Catholic who visited Kumasi was from Sierra Leone, he visited Buha when he came to Accra. His visit to Kumasi was a private project - there was no suggestion of a Catholic mission being set up in Kumasi. Indeed he felt that until the arbitrary power of the king over resident Europeans was curbed such a project would be unpracticable. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context D-01.30.IV..27 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-01.30 - Ghana 1878: D-01.30.IV. - General Cashier Title A name given to the resource Buhl 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: 05.03.1878 Proper date: 05.03.1878 Description An account of the resource Teacher Adu at Begoro is from Kukurantumi, a small but busy man, of the best students of his year. He has just married a very simply Christian girl from his home town, and seems happy and at peace. (He seems too on good terms with Eisenschmid). The marriage was carried out in the most modest way in order to ensure that he did not start his married life in debt. He remarks over school attendance etc. that the numbers are not as large as they were led to expect when the station was being opened. The figure seems to fluctuate down to 6 attendances - 23 are on the roll, and when he held an examination there were only 13 present. He remarks that the reason for this is superstition connected with the typhus epidemic, and comments that the death of one member of the congregation, plus the death of a maidservant of Mohr's late in the previous year had strengthened the base of the fetish priests. Nevertheless, considering the circumstances, one can be satisfied with the educational progress of the group who were examined. Teacher Dako is of the same class as Adu in Kukurantumi, and although his theoretical grasp is not brilliant, he takes pains to bring everything up to standard, and that is something to be treasured in him. He has a bride in Kibi, and Eisenschmid will be happier when he has brought her to Abetifi. The regular scholars number only 10 at the moment, but Eisenschmid hopes that with the establishment of a boarding school more will be attracted. KIbi Boarding School - Date has brough order and cleanliness into it. When he was having trouble getting the teachers to start lessons on time he would himself go in and start the lesson. Although there is a lot of movement out - of the 52 pupils classes II, III, IV number only 19. The school gets a very moderate report for ist scholarly achievements, with arithmetic particularly weak. In Kukurantumi the people cannot understand why their scholars do not receive financial support from the mission as those in Kibi do - at Christmas they had themselves banded together to give their scholars presents. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context D-01.30.XII..127 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-01.30 - Ghana 1878: D-01.30.XII. - Akwapem-Akem District Conference Title A name given to the resource Eisenschmid to Basel - Report on his Inspection of Schools in Kwahu and Akim 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: 20.02.1878 Proper date: 20.02.1878 Description An account of the resource Asks for a new harmonium for the Boarding School - it is extraordinarily difficult to teach singing without one. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context D-01.30.XVII..205 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-01.30 - Ghana 1878: D-01.30.XVII. - Kjebi Title A name given to the resource Buck 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: 22.04.1878 Proper date: 22.04.1878 Description An account of the resource General report on conditions in Akim after his first tour of the district, with comments on the necessary next steps. On his tour people were apathetic in only a few places. On the whole they are receptive, but not much out of a longing for salvation, feeling of sinfulness, desire for redemption. (A letter from Basel dated 28 January 1878 had asked questions on this point). Rather the motives involved are 1. The hope of achieving personal freedom 2. The wish to be clear of the impositions of the fetish priests especially in so far as these involve anything to do with finance. You see going around that the Christians enjoy a certain respect, and that their old masters can no longer trouble them because they have the missionary behind them. All this means that one must proceed slowly in case time a lapsing occurs as large' as the conversion movement currently in progress. He agrees with Asante that firm points must be established out of which agents can tour other villages, but does not agree with Asante's method. This may be all right in Krobo and Akwapim where the people have regular occupation, and are industrious, but in Akim one is surrounded by the army of the lazy - at that moment, 10 a.m. 'the best time of the day for working' Buck sees outside his house the members of the local community sitting together in great harmony, admittedly not gambling, but certainly gossiping. 'One must not simply preach the gospel, but also accustom people to order industriousness and discipline - and I ask, which local worker achieves this without positive and constant oversight of Europeans?' (He considers Kukurantumi a possible exception to this rule about the lack of regular work). He recommends Abomosu as a catechist centre - Boakye he describes as an elder of the Kibi community holding morning and evening prayers, and teaching the people to read. The people have expressly declared that they want no Akim mission agent, but an Akwapim, and if they cannot have one they want to wait until they can. Kwabeng - he would suggest as the second place for a catechist - the inhabitants of two Kwabeng villages on the way from Kwabeng to Kibi ask urgently for a teacher for their town, and it is a place which has sent several boys to Kibi for, teaching (‘the chief has sent several') one of whom is teacher Oware. There are a few catechumens in the surrounding villages. Again, however, they, ask for no Akim teacher. Apinaman and Asiakwa he suggests should wait awhile until the other centres are more firmly established. And they should remember the new Dwaben settlement near Kukurantumi. He does not recommend ordaining people for Akim, they are happier as catechists. When a man is appointed deacon his salary rises from £30 to £40 but his style of life rises further, and it is well-known that all the deacons are in debt. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context D-01.30.XVII..207 Subject The topic of the resource [Archives catalogue]: Guides / Finding aids: Archives: D - Ghana: D-01 - Incoming correspondence from Ghana up to the outbreak of the First World War: D-01.30 - Ghana 1878: D-01.30.XVII. - Kjebi Title A name given to the resource Buck (in the guise of the Kibi Stations Conference Minutes) to Dieterle Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource Date early: 15.05.1878 Proper date: 15.05.1878 Description An account of the resource Carries the news that peace has been sorted out between Christians and the Okyenhene. After a series of palavers the Okyenhene has declared himself at peace, with the promise that Buck will see to it that the Christians no longer insult him. Buck agrees that this has been happening (he hopes now that the light of godly freedom will break over these people released from the yoke of slavery). Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context D-01.30.XVII..209 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-01.30 - Ghana 1878: D-01.30.XVII. - Kjebi Title A name given to the resource Buck 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: 26.12.1877 Date late: 03.01.1878 Proper date: 26.12.1877-03.01.1878 Description An account of the resource The court case took place from 17th to 21st December in Accra. Dieterle and Eisenschmid repeat the point about the bribing of witnesses by Ata and mention Sam. Gyima as having played a sad role. They say their problem is defending Asante without taking the whole court proceedings to question. They do not want to take David Asante out of Akim - he may have not acted always with the highest tact, but it would do the mission considerable harm to do so, and the Governor has appeared to act primarily with the objective of keeping the peace in mind. Buhl's subsript assesses the situation in Kibi from the side of the Okyenhene in an orthodox way, adding a point not overtly stated by other commentators that the building of large new stations in Begoro and Kwahu manned by Europeans has added to his hostility to the mission. People made too much of his appearing interested in becoming a Christian, too. Over the judgement in his case against Asante, Buck says that he has heard from the Governor himself that he wants to maintain political peace in the country at any price., and Buck urges the point that the accusations made by the Governor against Asante are exaggerated. It is no light thing, too that the Okyenhene must bear his own costs. Another attitude of the Governir is that you cannot expect so much tact and intelligence from an uneducated man like the Okyenhene as you should be able to expect from a man with the education of Asante. However, he believes that Asante has been too much involved with people and things to which a straightforward missionary calling would not lead him - the settling of disputes and other side-issues. This is not only his opinion - other missionaries who have stayed with Asante in Kibi have said the same thing. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context D-01.30.I..1-3 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-01.30 - Ghana 1878: D-01.30.I. - General Conference Title A name given to the resource Dieterle and Eisenschmid to Basel with Copies of Freeling's Letter and their Reply to him 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: 04.01.1878 Proper date: 04.01.1878 Description An account of the resource The letter is a commentary on the court action and the Governor's letter asking that he be moved from Kibi. Ata claimed Asante had written letters for people who wanted to accuse him before the English courts. Asante, states that he has never done this. He once gave a letter of recommendation to a Kibi Christian to the court interpreter in Accra, Jonathan Palmer. This man had been falsely punished and fined 2 ounces of gold dust. In the end the man did not press any charges against the Okyenhene. The king had accused Asante of tempting people out of his service with money. Asante replies that this is not true, and that there are indeed some people in the King's service still who are also Christians. The truth of the complaint about the teachers and letter writing was that Asante had required the king to go about obtaining their services through him. He had in fact won them to write letters which did not contain the truth by promising rewards, especially at issue was Ata's announcements about the contents of new English laws when he returned from the coast - these had been angled to gain him illegal advantages over his subjects. Though three men were imprisoned for the assault on Mrs Date, two chiefs who were also involved were let off. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context D-01.30.I..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-01.30 - Ghana 1878: D-01.30.I. - General Conference Title A name given to the resource Asante 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: 20.01.1878 Proper date: 20.01.1878 Description An account of the resource In the annex is another stronger letter from the Governor over Kibi affairs dated 16 January 1878. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context D-01.30.I..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-01.30 - Ghana 1878: D-01.30.I. - General Conference Title A name given to the resource Buhl 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: 29.01.1878 Proper date: 29.01.1878 Description An account of the resource On receipt of the Governor's letter (No. 6, annex) they have decided to recall Asante from Kibi to Akwapim. This is done in order not to damage the Mission by a long-drawn out conflict with the British Government. They have informed the Governor, that they do not share his opinion of the case, and consider that the issue was judged on grounds of politics as it was in the court. They are certain that the Okyenhene bribed witnesses, but since their witness was sworn, they are powerless to act against this. They admit that the thought of the possibility of the withdrawal of the £100 p.a. donation from the English Government influenced them (proceedings involving the Wesleyan Mission offered a precedent for this possibility), but so did the thought that if they persisted with Asante in Kibi the Governments both in Cape Coast and London would begin to look on the mission with disfavour. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context D-01.30.I..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-01.30 - Ghana 1878: D-01.30.I. - General Conference Title A name given to the resource Gold Coast Executive Committee of the Mission 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: 29.01.1879 Proper date: 29.01.1879 Description An account of the resource A part of this report is printed as an appendix to the 1879 Annual Report of the Basel Mission. Buss in his journey to Salaga purchased a horse and some cattle for Abetifi - no information is offered as to their survival. The church was consecrated and the first baptisms celebrated at Whitsun 1878. Discussing the people baptised Ramseyer says he has never seen people so serious at their baptismal service. Certainly some of them have caused the missionaries anxiety through their restricted knowledge, and have needed directions and warnings to keep them on the right lines, nevertheless they are willing and obedient and intend to be Christians in the true sense of the word. He offers an example of the sort of difficulty which has arisen - one of the baptised men Benjamin Osee announced to Ramseyer that he had sent his wife away (Ramseyer explains that the sign of this is throwing white earth onto the wife's foot, or making a white-earth streak on her back). The trouble was that although his wife, who was a heathen, wanted to have their young child baptised her mother did not and the wife and he had argued fiercely about the matter, at the end of which he had taken the advice of a heathen woman bystander and sent the wife away. Ramseyer explained to him that the Christian loves his wife and mother-in-law and in spite of the difficulties prays that God will bring them to wanting to have the child baptised, and advised him to go and sort things out. This he did after a few days, and some months later the mother in law was content to see the child baptised, this made a good impression on the families who saw thereby that the mission stood on the side of what they saw was right in the situation. This same woman is the mother of the most earnest of the new Christians, (Nathaniel) and almost a year ago sent her youngest daughter into the service of the missionaries. But she will not let her third child become a Christian (this is Benjamin Osee's wife) since if she does there, will be no-one to perform the customs for her when she dies. After the first baptisms they had expected to find themselves with a class of three baptismal candidates, but it turned out that two of the people involved thought that at baptism their debts would be. Paid. Only one went on with a long course of baptismal instruction and was baptised on 20th October, Daniel Dente. A slave born in the house and consecrated to Dente at an early age. His master was opposed to his baptism until he saw that the Christians are not outside the traditional law providing it is not in opposition to Christianity. Services on the station on Sunday morning are not well attended by people from the town - but they are at their farms. In the evening there is usually about 300 people at the evening service held under a great tree in the main street. They listen very attentively, and it was through street preaching that the five baptismal candidates were brought into the church. He reports a case which appears to represent Dente reactions to the Christians. One of them, Johannes Ata had been helped by Missionary Werner several months ago to pay a debt. He had incurred it several years before living in Kibi. In October Ata’s brother came to Abetifi from Krakye - he seems to be the right hand man of the fetish priest there - and therefore his financial position is sound. For several weeks nothing happened, and then the brother explained to Johannes that he would pay the debt if he gave up being a Christian. The latter refused although this was discussed several times, and in the end the brother threatened to shoot him if he ever came into the town. The missionaries persuaded him not to flee to Akira, and complained about the behaviour to the Chief, but it seemed that the man had such power in Abetifi and was so angry everyone was afraid of him. In the end little trouble occurred only on Christmas day, when the Christians were going out of the station to the town dressed in the clothes which they had obtained for themselves. He rushed on them - one was slapped in the face, another had his hat destroyed. The Christians returned to the station, the missionaries complained to the chief, and the man promised not to molest his brother or the Christians again. In 28 days of preaching journeys the missionaries have travelled through the whole of Kwahu, and many of the main towns have been visited 6-8 times. Kwahu has 5 real towns, 6 large villages, 12 little villages, as well as a number of hamlets. They have failed to visit only one of the little villages Peteko on the other side of the Afram, 5-6 hours from Abetifi, and the seat of the well-known fetish Fofie - a very influential fetish to whom each year a great number of Kwahus make pilgrimage (Ramseyer has been using the horse now that it has got acclimatised to lighten the burden of the travel). Ramseyer describes a journey to the fetish Buruku - the tall rock pillar in Kwahu, in early November. The way led through the village of Bakuruwa (nearby is a beautiful waterfall called Ko Abena), Tafo (where they avoided revealing the purpose of their journey, since the Buruku priest lived in that village) and afterwards the Ahenase way branched from the track they were on. They reached a strongly flowing stream, and then after 2-3 minutes the plantation of the slaves of Buruku. Ramseyer describes these as being from the interior, living in a hamlet of 10-12 houses, He explained to them that it was not necessary for missionaries to ask permission to go to places and there seems to have been no opposition to his visit among these few villages, although Ramseyer later heard that the priest in Tafo had fined them a sheep for allowing him to go up to the rock face. From the village the rock face was 4 hour of tough climbing away – Ramseyer reckons the slope at 50°. They first visited it by moonlight on the night of their arrival in case by morning some messenger from Tafo should have come to prevent them. The only signs he saw of sacrifices etc. under the rock were the actual sacrificial rock with an overhang acting as a roof, and the yellow splashes of eggs. By day at this level the view was hemmed in by trees. The rock itself was too vertical to be climbed. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context D-01.30.XIX..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-01.30 - Ghana 1878: D-01.30.XIX. - Abetifi Title A name given to the resource Annual Report for the Station Abetifi for the Year 1878 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: 04.02.1879 Proper date: 04.02.1879 Description An account of the resource The school was opened on 1st July with Emmanuel Dako as teacher. In the first month the women supplying the food were paid 1/6 -.this was too little and it has been raised to 2/-. The school opened with 12 pupils, and they were joined by another after a short while, but greatly to the missionaries' surprise after 2 months 5 left. Perhaps the teacher was too strict with them and perhaps too the school did not come up to their expectations as a place where food and clothing was provided, since it involved work with the head and the hands. Shortly after Christmas they made a journey around the main Kwahu towns to recruit more boys for the school. They seem to have been well received everywhere (Aduamoa, Obo, Obomeng, Mpraeso, Bepong, Sakraka, Taro), with the possible exception of the first place where the chief sent to say he was too sick to see them. In Obomeng a custom was stopped in order to let Werner preach. Obo promised 4 boys and so did Mpraeso: both those places seem to have kept their word. Tafo promised but no boys have arrived. Little emerges as to the life of the school. At Christmas the boys received a new suit of clothes, and there was a Christmas tree with presents from friends in Berne. Often in the evening when you visit the boys' quarter you find them at prayer. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context D-01.30.XIX..260 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-01.30 - Ghana 1878: D-01.30.XIX. - Abetifi Title A name given to the resource Werner's Annual Report on the Boys Boarding School 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: 01.02.1878 Proper date: 01.02.1878 Description An account of the resource Mostly printed in Heidenbote 1878 pp36-37. At the end of the printed section is a series of paragraphs about Kumasi. Ramseyer is worried about appearing to have broken his promise to return to Kumasi, and is worried about the effect of this on the security of the Abetifi station. Should he go to Kumasi? It is only 4 days' journey. Prince Ansah whom he met in Cape Coast told him he would be surprised at the changes, and that there would not be the slightest danger. The present friendship between the Colonial Government and Ashanti and the reduction in human sacrifices would make this an appropriate moment. The Governor asked him to write to him formally about his plans, in order that the Governor should correspond with London thereon. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context D-01.30.XIX..235 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-01.30 - Ghana 1878: D-01.30.XIX. - 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: 25.02.1878 Proper date: 25.02.1878 Description An account of the resource An account mainly of his journey to Abetifi from Europe. At Cape Coast they went ashore and visited Prince Ansah, and Dr Horton who had treated Mrs Ramseyer so well in 1869. The Ramseyers went to Abetifi accompanied by two girls, one of them Elizabeth, they had taken care of in Kumasi, and since their journey from Kumasi she had been in the girls' boarding school in Aburi (Her day name was Akosua). Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context D-01.30.XIX..236 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-01.30 - Ghana 1878: D-01.30.XIX. - Abetifi Title A name given to the resource Ramseyer to Friends in Neuchatel