329 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/. 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: 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: 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: 27.03.1878 Proper date: 27.03.1878 Description An account of the resource The report is partly printed in Heidenbote 1878 pp 49-50. Additional material: He reports other cases arising in Kibi and his relations with the Okyenhene in them. In one session on 12th March he had come excitedly with a large following to Buck - so large that they had had to talk in the courtyard of the mission house. The first case discussed was that of a slave woman who had married a Kibi man, the dowry of course going to the Okyenhene whose slave she was. She had then left the husband, come onto the station complaining of being mishandled, and eventually married a Christian. She had refused to repay the dowry herself, and the ex-husband had therefore applied to the Okyenehene for this. The Okyenehene asked after a long conversation what Buck thought of the case? Buck replied that he was a listener and not a judge but after long pressing by the Okyenhene replied that you cannot give back what you were never given, and whoever it was received the dowry should pay it back this point it was up to the Okyenhene to investigate. At this another case was raised, of a slave who had received 9 dollars from the Okyenhene in times past, was now a Christian and free, and did not want to return the debt on the grounds that he had worked for the Okyenhene for years without payment. When the ex-slave re-iterated this reply the king sprang up in uncontrollable rage, and Buck's efforts to act him to return to his stool and behave like a king (he rushed to the clan and insulted him as well as he knew how) and think of the impression this sort of conduct would make in Accra were all in vain, As it was night and some of the Okyenhene's younger escorters were holding signs of getting excited Buck feared a fight, and asked a bystanding policeman to clear his house (citing to him the ‘English rule’ ‘My home is my castle') which the policeman did. The next day the king sent 2 linguists who excused his absence on the grounds that the Christians troubled him too much, and they then pressed Buck for a decision on the two cases, Buck replied that he would not - it was not his office, and in any case if he did the Okyenhene might later claim Buck had mixed himself up in things it was no right of him to do so. They then replied that the Okyenhene had said that since the two people involved wore Christians he wanted to hear Buck's opinion - he would accept this as a ruling. Buck had this repeated before witnesses, and then gave his opinions: The question of the dowry was one for the English courts, but it would give the English judges a strange impression of his activities, since three months before the Okyenhene had sworn that he knew no-one of the name of the woman involved (the subject under judgement was not this one). Over the debt, Buck felt that this was something which legally should be repaid, but on the other hand, after the Emancipation the man had worked for the Okyenhene for no payment for 2 years, and it was the Okyenehene who had driven him out after he became a Christian. It was not very kingly to take a man's service for two years and not once dash him 50 francs. The Okyenhene did in fact accept these judgments - these individuals now have peace, but he is plaguing others. The help given by the Christians over the Okyenhene's debts was, in fact to pay straightforwardly a tax of 1/- per man and 6d per woman which the Okyenhene had levied on the whole of Akim, they were in fact the first to do so. This measure was decided after the Okyenehene had complained that he had debts owed him of £260 (Buck adds Fr. 6,500). An example of difficulties in the rest of Akim is given in the extended beating given to 4 Asiekwa catechumens. The Asiakwa chief was absent, one the excuse was that they had fished in the fetish river near Asiakwa. In fact Mullings had received permission to fish (not trap the fish) and had given a fish to those catechumens. Buck says that with the chief absent the fetish priest could have his way unhindered. In Buck's investigations of what had happened the first question was answered by the ‘leader of the young men’. In the end Buck for the Christians to fish in (he had earlier suggested the Asiakwa chief had the option to settle the case himself or alternatively to have it taken to Accra), and though this decision was met by a great uproar by the fetish priest and his supporters Buck has heard of no more trouble in Asiakwa (this judgement took place on March 11th 1878.). In Abomosu he warned the chief that Buck would make him responsible to the Colonial Government for the security of the Christians. In his dealings with the Okyenhene Buck was careful to give every appearance of being uninfluenced by D. Asante – going to palavers with only Deacon Date etc. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context D-01.30.XVII..215 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's First Quarterly Report from Kibi 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: 05.04.1878 Proper date: 05.04.1878 Description An account of the resource He had returned to Akim after the court case in Accra, but had received a letter from the directing committee (G.C. Ausschuss) saying he must be posted out of Akim in view of the Governor's second letter to the Mission, which had threatened to give him over to the caprices of the Okyenhene. In spite of this he made a last visit to some of the most praising centres. The two centres where they received the best reception on this journey were Akrofufu and Kwabeng. The Abomosu baptisms - the women catechumens were not satisfactory when examined prior to baptism. The examination involved the candidates repeating the main parts of the catechism, and then answering questions designed to find out if they understood what they had said. After the examinations Asante had to settle the catechumens' marriage circumstances, and issue instructions e.g. about relations with the chief of the town. The baptisms took place in the courtyard of one of the catechumens. The 38 baptised ranged from 1 to 40 years in age, with only 3 women. The Christians' main enemies are the fetish priest and a few of the elders. On leaving, Asante gave the Christians 'according to, English law' over to the protection of the local chief. He also baptised in Tumfa, 12 people, only one woman, the ages ranging from 2 to 42. Buck held his first street preaching there - translated by Asante. On returning to Akwapim Asante met friends he had not seen for 6 years. Assessing Ata's position after the case in Accra, Asante reports also that some of his people want to depose claims that Ata acknowledges his fault in this respect, and in a public assembly said to him 'My son, I am sorry I have acted with you so. I would not have done this if other people had not instigated me to this'. Asante also reports that Ata is in financial difficulties, and links the meeting about the Okyenhene's debts (he gives the figure of 120 ounces of gold) with the bribes which the Okyenhene had distributed in Accra. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context D-01.30.XVII..216 Subject The topic of the resource [Archives catalogue]: Guides / Finding aids: Archives: D - Ghana: D-01 - Incoming correspondence from Ghana up to the outbreak of the First World War: D-01.30 - Ghana 1878: D-01.30.XVII. - Kjebi Title A name given to the resource Asante's Last Quarter's Report from 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: 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: 17.06.1878 Proper date: 17.06.1878 Description An account of the resource The bulk of this report is printed as an annex to the 1878 Annual Report pp81-84. Additional points: Eisenschmid footnotes Buck's acoount of Akim agriculture that they plant yams, else they would have none for their annum yam custom. To his section about roads he expresses a little impatience with the English government which could do something for their betterment, it is only theirs to command. He also reports losing part of the contents of a box when it was spilt into the water near Abomosu - a carrier was crossing a stream on a submerged tree-trunk, and the water was up to his neck when the accident happened. In his section on trading he mentions that many of the Christians had asked him either for help to buy things to commence trading, or else for a letter of recommendation to a merchant firm on the coast, but he has helped only one man, who had been a merchant before his baptism. In describing the good impression made on him by Kwabeng he mentions that he found a swish house with shingle roof there - this surprised him since generally in Akim the fetishes have forbidden swish houses. Kibi produces not enough agricultur surplus to provide him with his daily Supplies in yams, eggs, hens. He had to take food with him on his last visit to Abomosu also - he could not even get plantains there. The Abomosu chief is heavily in debt, and would not sell the small piece of land the mission wanted because he was not being offered enough money for it. On the other hand he offered his whole stool lands - hours across for £60. One catechumen had been allowed to get baptised by the chief, and elders only on the understanding that he would share the money paid to him by the missionaries with his family (Buck writes that he told the 'good man' that it would not be difficult to keep to that contract). In the Kibi community he called the presbyters together and lamented that the community lies so far behind the other stations and Kukurantumi in economic achievement. They decided they should try to plant oil-palms, meantime to ensure earlier income, they should communally clear a patch for coffee which should be rented out to at least ten people, the rent from them going into the station fund for the needy. This was agreed - Buck remarking how helpful Deacon Date was in this sort of, respect, and also Salomo Botwe as a man whose influence helped. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context D-01.30.XVII..217 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: 31.08.1878 Proper date: 31.08.1878 Description An account of the resource Reports the first news of Hall's death on 30th Aug. He had only been taken to Abomosu on 25th Aug, when he was in good health. On 28th a letter came to Buck saying he had a large boil on the nape of his neck, and asking for plaster. Then on 29th came news of a dangerous illness. He was lodging in the house of one Abraham Bugyei. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context D-01.30.XVII..212 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 Eisenschmid and Dieterle as District and General Präses 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: 03.09.1878 Proper date: 03.09.1878 Description An account of the resource Compares the storming visits of the Christians from Akim villages the day before asking for teachers and catechists as like a day at Sedan. Apapam and Abomosu had both been to see him - and Apedwa and Banso had also asked for this. The 4 Abomosu Christians baptised by the Wesleyans had been baptised in Aburi. Buck makes the suggestion that Immanuel Boakye should come to Akropong to be examined in his skills and appointed evangelists 'like Stafano Kwadso in Mayera'. Eisenschmid in a subscript warmly recommends this step – everyone who has had to do with Boakye recognises that he knows an inner life. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context D-01.30.XVII..213 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 Eisenschmid and 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: 03.10.1878 Proper date: 03.10.1878 Description An account of the resource Is concerned with his performance in Bible knowledge and reading (good), etc. He is described by Eisenschmid as better than any of the evangelists already employed. Eisenschmid and Dieterle repeat the point made elsewhere that his knowledge is the result of self-study. Eisenschmid also writes that neediness in sin and grace in Christi are things he knows by experience as well as by teaching. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context D-01.30.XVII..214 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 Eisenschmid's Report on the Examining of Imm. Boakye 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 Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource Date early: 08.05.1878 Proper date: 08.05.1878 Description An account of the resource Final accounts of the building of the station. The protocol asks for permission to build a teacher's house, since Dako is planning to marry shortly which will make the catechists' house no longer an adequate lodging for him. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context D-01.30.XIX..237 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 Letter from the Whole Abetifi Staff 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: 21.01.1879 Proper date: 21.01.1879 Description An account of the resource The report is partly printed as an appendix to the Basel Mission Annual Report 1879, pp70-71. Looking back over the period in which they built the station, Mohr reckons that 'hundreds' of boys, young women, and men were involved in the work. In the course of the year Catechist Obeng was posted to Fankyeneko, and Catechist Benjamin Ntow from Aburi came to Begoro as catechist. Elements in the report on the station liturgy - women come rarely to morning liturgy. Sunday and sometimes Wednesday evenings street preaching in Begoro accompanied by the Christians and the school children. The Begoro people do not come to the chapel services as much as the missionaries would like. Thursday evenings there is bible study, Friday evenings a prayer meeting, Saturday evenings the catechist gathers the adults to go over the order of the community. They have been carrying on house-visiting in Begoro, and carrying on conversations with people they meet on the street - they describe the growth of the Christian community by 10 catechumens soon to be baptised, and the many heathen who, although part of them are still timid, have compared the fetish religion with Christianity and found in the latter 'truth and sweetness’. Work outside Begoro in the course of the year has been limited by the amount of building which remained to be done. Mohr made one 3-day journey through the villages at the foot of the mountain, and made four long visits to Fankyeneko in connection with the instruction and baptism of the new Christians there. In the course of this, activity he has pioneered a new and more comfortable way from Begoro to that town. The two catechists together have done 86 days' travelling, and have visited Osino, Samang, Anyinam, Adasawaase, Akantease, Abompe, Dwenase, Gyanpomani, Dome. In most villages the catechists are well received - in the area around the old Gyadam station people say they have already been promised a teacher but none has come, and now many villages want a teacher and in many people have come forward for baptism. They are being served from Fankyeneko, Osino and Dwenase - Catechist Oben goes to the latter towns on weekday. Fankyeneko: 11 baptised in May, 1 woman and 2 children baptised early in January 1879. At the date of writing the Christian community numbered, 11 adults and 8 children (including the catechist and family). (Dome is only 10 minutes away, Gyampomani 1/2 hour away, and Sunday evening services are held in them by turns). Since mid-November there has been a school with 4 children. They are having difficulty getting children into the school in Begoro. The local people equate school and Christianity, and fear that if a child goes to school the family will be visited by ill-luck or death - and the child will make himself free of the family too quickly. (This latter is expanded as the children becoming unwilling to be pawned, or sold into marriage once they have been to school. Girls are wanting to come into the Christian community in order to excape marriage to a heathen). So far they have had 7 boys and 2 girls in the school - 4 of them will go on to the Kibi boarding school's higher classes. From the beginning of 1879 it will be obligatory for Christians to send their children (whether baptised or not) to school so that should give a total of 18 pupils for the new term. (The teacher is Andreas Adu). Numerically the Christian community in Begoro has increased by a total of 16. 12 adult heathen and 5 heathen children were baptised, and so were 2 new-born children of Christian parents. 5 more Christians from other places came to Begoro. 5 were lost to the community through moving away, and 3 were excluded. Total in the Christian community at the end of 1878: 66. Mohr is content that the community should not grow too quickly - he thinks that people whom it has cost something to become Christians are more likely to prove faithful. The opposition experienced by the Christian community at the end of 1877 continued in 1878 on account of the accusation that they were responsible for the wave of deaths in the town through the cutting down of Odum trees. For a time people forbade the heathen from selling salt and foodstuffs to the community, and still the Christians have to pay extra. He also offers a case history of fetish opposition to one convert — a horn-blower (one of two) to one of the Begoro fetishes whose priest was a woman regarded by the people as a witch. The priestess was not a party to the situation since she was away from Begoro at a farming village. The man's family were panic stricken and would not allow him to become a Christian because they feared he would die. Mohr emphasises this by saying that he was not seeking his freedom (he was a slave of the priestesses’ family) - he wanted to become a Christian and knit to continue to serve his master truly - though he would no longer blow the fetish horn. Christianity was ‘sweet’ to him. He came onto the station for an afternoon, but at the end of the time went to see his relatives again who softened his resolution. But it is known in the town that he no longer believes in the fetishes. (In the printed section there is an account of one Kwasi Kuma's threat to poison the Christians, of which he was convicted by the evidence of heathen witnesses, and imprisoned for several months. One p3 of the manuscript is added the point that this affair disrupted the smooth running of the station liturgies and catechising for much of the second half of the year, and this because (p.9) he and all the witnesses had had to go to Accra where the affair had gone before an English judge. Kuma had received 3 month’s sentence. He also offers a case history of fetish opposition to one convert — a horn-blower (one of two) to one of the Begoro fetishes whose priest was a woman regarded by the people as a witch. The priestess was not a party to the situation since she was away from Begoro at a farming village. The man's family were panic stricken and would not allow him to become a Christian because they feared he would die. Mohr emphasises this by saying that he was not seeking his freedom (he was a slave of the priestesses’ family) - he wanted to become a Christian and knit to continue to serve his master truly - though he would no longer blow the fetish horn. Christianity was ‘sweet’ to him. He came onto the station for an afternoon, but at the end of the time went to see his relatives again who softened his resolution. But it is known in the town that he no longer believes in the fetishes. (In the printed section there is an account of one Kwasi Kuma's threat to poison the Christians, of which he was convicted by the evidence of heathen witnesses, and imprisoned for several months. One p3 of the manuscript is added the point that this affair disrupted the smooth running of the station liturgies and catechising for much of the second half of the year, and this because (p.9) he and all the witnesses had had to go to Accra where the affair had gone before an English judge. Kuma had received 3 month’s sentence. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context D-01.30.XVIII..234 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.XVIII. - Begoro Title A name given to the resource Mohr's Annual Report for 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: 26.01.1878 Proper date: 26.01.1878 Description An account of the resource Includes accounts of the buildings at Begoro to that date. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context D-01.30.XVIII..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-01.30 - Ghana 1878: D-01.30.XVIII. - Begoro Title A name given to the resource Station's Conference Protocoll