337 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-01.36.I. Subject The topic of the resource [Archives catalogue]: Guides / Finding aids: Archives: D - Ghana: D-01 - Incoming correspondence from Ghana up to the outbreak of the First World War: D-01.36 - Ghana 1883 Title A name given to the resource General Conference Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context D-01.36.II. 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-01.36 - Ghana 1883 Title A name given to the resource Christiansborg 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-01.36.III. Subject The topic of the resource [Archives catalogue]: Guides / Finding aids: Archives: D - Ghana: D-01 - Incoming correspondence from Ghana up to the outbreak of the First World War: D-01.36 - Ghana 1883 Title A name given to the resource Abokobi Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context D-01.36.IV. Subject The topic of the resource [Archives catalogue]: Guides / Finding aids: Archives: D - Ghana: D-01 - Incoming correspondence from Ghana up to the outbreak of the First World War: D-01.36 - Ghana 1883 Title A name given to the resource District Conference Ga-Adangme 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-01.36.V. Subject The topic of the resource [Archives catalogue]: Guides / Finding aids: Archives: D - Ghana: D-01 - Incoming correspondence from Ghana up to the outbreak of the First World War: D-01.36 - Ghana 1883 Title A name given to the resource Odumase Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context D-01.36.VI. Subject The topic of the resource [Archives catalogue]: Guides / Finding aids: Archives: D - Ghana: D-01 - Incoming correspondence from Ghana up to the outbreak of the First World War: D-01.36 - Ghana 1883 Title A name given to the resource Ada 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-01.37.I. Subject The topic of the resource [Archives catalogue]: Guides / Finding aids: Archives: D - Ghana: D-01 - Incoming correspondence from Ghana up to the outbreak of the First World War: D-01.37 - Ghana 1883 Title A name given to the resource District Conference Akwapim-Akem 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-01.37.III. Subject The topic of the resource [Archives catalogue]: Guides / Finding aids: Archives: D - Ghana: D-01 - Incoming correspondence from Ghana up to the outbreak of the First World War: D-01.37 - Ghana 1883 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: 01.02.1883 Proper date: 01.02.1883 Description An account of the resource Appealing to the Committee for cover for a debt he has in is personal account. The circumstances leading to it include expenditure of £9 which in fact went on the Mpraeso house at a time when the Committee in Basel were holding expenditure down to what was an impracticable level in view of the shortage of labour which Ramseyer could call on for free service? Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context D-01.37.VI..82 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-01.37 - Ghana 1883: D-01.37.VI. - 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: 16.05.1883 Proper date: 16.05.1883 Description An account of the resource Concerned with two problems which arose during the Praetorius visit. He and Dilger are now quite at unity and Ramseyer wishes he had never written the letter which he did about their differences. And the community have asked forgiveness for the accusations they had made against him in a letter to Praetorius. Ramseyer expostulated with them especially about the charge that he had treated them like animals, and they agreed that when he tried to drive them out to their farms, he was doing it for their own good. Nataniel Beko the Presbyter seems to have been the man who took the lead in asking forgiveness, and acted as the community’s spokesman. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context D-01.37.VI..84 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-01.37 - Ghana 1883: D-01.37.VI. - 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: 21.05.1883 Proper date: 21.05.1883 Description An account of the resource A report on the Mpraeso station, and his work. His 'history' of Mpraeso is that at first he had 7 catechumens, none of whom came to baptism in the end. Then there were a group of 4 who were baptised, and there are four more awaiting baptism now. His Sunday programme: 6-7a.m, family prayers with the Christians, 10-11a.m, Divine Service. 3-4 p.m. Sunday School for Christians and catechumens. 4p.m. street preaching. 6-7p.m.family prayers. Sometimes they preach at Oboneng or Atibie instead of Mpraeso. He describes general welcome in the villages where he goes to preach. Sometimes the chiefs come to his preaching – they usually take his side in a dispute, the real enemy are the fetish priests. As explanations for the lack of actual movement into the church, he offers the respect for the old men, and the expectation that the mission would pay people's debts; as they had in a few cases, mistakenly; as far as he was concerned. Obo he names as a place which he hopes will become the Larteh of Kwahu - but not yet, the three catechumens he trained last year have all lapsed. In travelling about Kwahu they usually pay for their lodging by giving tobacco and salt to the father and mother of the house. He remarks that the villages are cleaner than in Akim and the people especially the wives. more industrious. They tend to live beyond their means, however. There are serious water shortages in the dry season. Discussing Asante Akim (where he went on the first visit with Dilger) Kwabi summarises the chief’s statements about their request for a teacher in this way: 'First we called you to help us from the Asantes. Secondly to establish a school or station among us so that in our triyble we shall apply to the teacher who will be amongst us to write us a letter to the Governor on the coast. At first we did apply to Mr. Ramseyer who wrote to the Governor of our state in that time .in the last year, .but we received no proper answer, for the Governor did write to the King of Kumasi. Now he – the the Asantehene - had sent to us to say that the Governor wished that we might return to him, and had sent his ambassadors with fetish to make a covenant of peace with us to serve him, but we have refused to do so. We now beg you to write to the Governor for us. The reply to this was that the missionaries have nothing to do with political affairs, and the establishing of the station was not in their power - they would have to contact their elders about it in Europe if they were to send. Someone back to Abetifi with them, however, they would write again to the Governor on their behalf.' They then visited 10 villages - they were warmly welcomed 'for all this time the ambassadors of the King of Kumasi were present among them. We ourselves saw them in some of their villages named Dworansa and Kyekyebuase where we were; as protectors to them'. 'They were not so much for the word of peace for their soul, but more for the- outward protection from their old master the King of Kumasi'. A second visit to Asante Akim with Ramseyer is reported (January 1882); less zeal there than before. The fetish priest from Obogu had fled to Jeoase ‘one of the villages of the east of Asante Akim'. He is still sending men secretly to come and poison people in Obogu. The Obogu chief appealed for help in this connection, but they told him that they were only able to admonish people to live at peace with those around them. Kwabi ends with the hope that they may awake to the danger to their soul. (Ramseyer comments that he thinks that it is not only in Kwahu that people hope to ‘live upon the mission' – i.e. get their debts paid on baptism. Müller comments that the report is of little value.) Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context D-01.37.VI..88 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-01.37 - Ghana 1883: D-01.37.VI. - Abetifi Title A name given to the resource Kwabi to the Local Committee 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: 28.09.1883 Proper date: 28.09.1883 Description An account of the resource A stations-conference protocol dated 19th July in fact, over the settling of a catechist in Bompata. This has been agreed in principle the only thing to be decided is when. This conference was about the estimates of expenditure in land-purchase and building. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context D-01.37.VI..87 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-01.37 - Ghana 1883: D-01.37.VI. - 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: 14.03.1884 Proper date: 14.03.1884 Description An account of the resource Kibi and Begoro are now a unit under Buck. Huppenhauer and Marquard are in charge of Begoro. In Anyinam they had needed help in restoring the partly fallen-in catechist's house. This was provided by Jos. Müller. Two heathens have been baptised in the last year, still opposition from the heathens. Many of the members of the community go off or up to three months at a time trading. In Fankyeneko the house has been almost completely destroyed by rains after part of the roof was left uncompleted. Anoff’ replacement as catechist, Anang from Kwabeng, is virtually useless. It is a great pity that the little community was destroyed by the effort of building the house. In Begoro Sakyi’s marriage is proving no good example to the community. 10 adults and 4 children were baptised. Somewhat greater life has been seen in the latter part of the years the services are better attended than before. The first efforts have been made to preach in the farming villages around Begoro. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context D-01.37.V..81 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-01.37 - Ghana 1883: D-01.37.V. - Begoro Title A name given to the resource Marquart's Report for the Year 1883 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: 15.02.1883 Proper date: 15.02.1883 Description An account of the resource Announcing the death of Brother Krauss 31 hours after the onset of an attack of yellow fever. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context D-01.37.V..78 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-01.37 - Ghana 1883: D-01.37.V. - Begoro Title A name given to the resource Mohr 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: 19.07.1883 Proper date: 19.07.1883 Description An account of the resource There are marginal comments from Mohr who read the report in Basel. Marquart had had to leave Begoro to recuperate in Aburi after severe attacks of fever. They were happy to receive into the community in May 11 people who joined the Catechumenate, mostly young men. They were lead by a young man called Takyi, then followed two of his friends, and then his father and 7 of his sisters between the ages of 2 and 14. The event was connected with the death of Takyi's mother, her husband's only wife, which so troubled the husband that he stopped eating, and seemed likely to die as a result. Takyi went to encourage him, saying the best time to die was when God took you. He was severely tested by the subsequent death of his youngest and most loved daughter whom the heathens claimed the fetish had killed, but remained firm. Such catechumens are to be welcomed, but always with anxiety. Huppenbauer cites a young man who lapsed (Mohr adds in the margin 5 years ago) and took 4 extra wives. He is always saying that he wants to rejoin the community. Clearly Huppenbauer was eventually driven to be rude. He told him he was lying when he said this. If he wanted to become a Christian so much why did he not just do so? The man replied that the devil was too strong. Huppenbauer repeats Mohr's point that games are a drawback - citing card games. In other Akim towns and villages such games stop the ringing of the bell to call people for street preaching, and he suggested to the Begorohene that Begoro was showing itself backward in this respect; the point was taken. They have reopened the school. Huppenbauer identifies the main problem as the parent’s lack of understanding of what the results of schooling might be. Huppenbauer cites one case of a girl of Christian parents putting pressure on her parents to be allowed to go to school so as not to be ignorant when she grew up. Concerning the community the Presbyters are called Jakob and Mosa. They take pains in their life and work to set a good example, though the former is rather weak when it comes to settling cases. One of the great problems is the lust for money, even among the Christians. Huppenbauer is obviously impressed by the way that this emerges in their dealings with the missionaries – prices of produce from the Christians are far higher, and the quality lower, than is the case among the heathen. When they expostulated with the congregation, the latter threatened to cut off or reduce their freewill offerings - and when the missionaries pointed out that these belonged to the community, and not to the mission account, it is not clear that they were impressed; why, they wanted to know, was it necessary for them to give themselves money? They also involved in extorting higher rates for carriers when a missionary is sick and needs to be taken to another station. Their attitude is partly an expression of the question (Huppenbauer does not claim to have heard this spoken outright): 'We have left our heathenism and our wives - what are we getting in exchange?' One of the disciplinary problems is stopping Christians playing cards - a fine of 1 shilling is set on that by the Christians, and 3d for disobeying the Presbyters. Huppenbauer also cites two cases of unfaithful wives. With Buck the two resident missionaries had a palaver with the chief over: (i) The prohibition over slavery was being rather loosely observed, so they asked him to repeat the prohibition publicly before a large assembly. (ii) They took up the case of Jakob the Presbyter who had been ordered to pull up some afaso yams since they were prohibited by the snail fetish. (iii) They also got reversed the ruling that no pigs and goats were to be kept in the town, although there were problems there because Mohr had allowed that prohibition to be enforced. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context D-01.37.V..80 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-01.37 - Ghana 1883: D-01.37.V. - Begoro Title A name given to the resource Wilhelm Huppenbauer's Report for the Second Quarter of 1883 Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource Date early: 07.01.1884 Proper date: 07.01.1884 Description An account of the resource Major events in the year were the opening of the new chapel, the extension of the pastor's house and the building of a new teacher's house. ‘The Christians are also improved in agriculture which business is not cared much in this place of Akim but now they have seen that if one becomes a Christian he must be diligent in agricultural business, also to get something for himself and his family to live on and also for the spreading of the gospel'. He describes the usual weekly liturgy, Buck's death having stirred up a desire to pray for the health of congregations and missionaries. Tax is well-paid, and the old women who have nothing willingly pay half. By the end of the year the size of congregations in Kibi and its immediate outstations was: Kibi 324, Apapam 52, Apedwa 21, Asafo 7, Tete 5. There was an overall increase of 113 in the course of the year. Of the latter figure 49 were actual converts, 31 of them in Kibi itself. Individual histories: Sara Ofosua - a wife of 'the' chief (but obviously not Ata) felt contented with the fetishism as the wife of a chief accepted in a levirate marriage on her husband's death. However the youngest son of hers became a Christian and spoke to her a great deal about the advisability of becoming a Christian - 'that those who serve the fetishes and stand against the word of God are abominable in the sight of the Lord, and should therefore be judged to everlasting death: She in the end decided to become a convert after her husband's death, and did so strengthened by the thought of her husband's last sickness which was long-lasting and in which his fetishes did not help him’. Martha Adwapa - daughter of Sara Ofusua, taught by the death of 5 of her 7 children that fetishism is a shame 'now I think it is better to give myself and my two children up to the Saviour of Mankind, under whose protection the life and death are the same with endless joy in the Happy Home'. In Apapam the 4 adults baptised are all members of a family 'headed' by an old Christian woman. In Tete the three baptised adults include one Joseph Yeboa, a descendant of former chiefs who feels he can no longer boast in the decaying riches of his ancestors. In Apedvga 2 adults were baptised, and the 3 children baptised included one born of heathen parents, but with 6 fingers - the parents themselves wanted him baptised and promised to pay for his education - they had been previously childless and wanted someone to care for them in old age. On street preaching and contact with the heathen in Tibi, Ofori reports that in fact the heathen come even to the Bible Studies on the Salem, and when a head of a family becomes a Christian then the rest of the family usually follows. At the end of this report is the note that in future the writer wishes to be known as Esau Ofori and not Esau Kwadwo. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context D-01.37.IV..72 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-01.37 - Ghana 1883: D-01.37.IV. - Kjebi Title A name given to the resource E. Ofori’s report on the Kibi Community for the Year 1883 Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource Date early: 14.03.1884 Proper date: 14.03.1884 Description An account of the resource Contrasts the uplift of the consecration of the Kibi chapel-in the presence of Buck and wife, W. Huppenbauer and Krauss with the fact that within a comparatively short time all but Huppenbauer were dead, and he was forced to go to Akwapim for extended convalescence. He himself has worked alone - apart from the Obomosu community he is deeply impressed with the congregations’ self-supporting spirit - they have built chapels, some of them big ones, of which they are very proud, being their own handiwork. And 'there are Christians here who have grasped their Saviour, and are held by Him'. Marquart looks forward to the day when Kibi is a Christian town - he feels it is not too far away. The Kibi-presbyters are a model to the whole of Akim. Sunday and weekday services are regularly attended by large numbers they will soon have to build an extension to the chapel. The school of the community has increased to 40, is now taught by Charles Ousu, while Imm. Boakye and Amoa work on preaching tours. The school under Boagye, Ofei and Gyima is no longer losing pupils, but in fact has ex-pupils asking to be re-accepted. In Apapam Ofori was stationed for a short while, later replaced by Cat. Anoff. In October they threatened the local opposition that they would take their behaviour before the English courts if it did not improve. Apedwa - teacher Dako - a small but fine chapel. Kukurantumi --increase of 15. Yomfo and chief had tried in every way to limit the increase of the community the school had got a lot better under teaches Oforidee. Tafo - land has been bought and cleared and the Christians are now building. Ewi leaves something to be desired in both work and conduct. Asafo - promising new station - G. Botwe more industrious than before. Asiakwa - increase of 30, has sturdy lay leaders though Mullings wants a transfer, Marquart thinks because the work is getting more with the larger congregation. Abomosu - only 3 baptisms. Serious difficulty - Buck had threatened to remove their Deacon if they had not improved their attitudes by Christmas. A stubborn group is led by the two Presbyters, and though e.g. they seemed to J. Müller on a visit not to be as delinquent as he had been led to expect in fact shortly after his visit one of the Presbyters spoke openly and impudently in Kibi in a way that left little room for hope. Buck had cried out 'Oh, Abomosu, Abomosu', on his deathbed. Asunafo - a chapel built, though difficulty over paying for it. Tumfa - 2 baptisms of heathen - new chapel built - Cat. Labi still works there. Tete - 3 baptisms and an appeal for a teacher from both heathen and Christians. Kwabeng - has been given up, but then it had been run by men since dismissed in Akwapim - Meyer and Anang. The local people ask urgently for someone else to be sent them. (Date had been posted to Nsaba). Asiamang - 5 baptisms. The Christians had suffered some violence from the heathen after clearing the mission land. A subscript from Müller remarks that Abomosu had been judged too harshly they had prepared shingles and timber to add a veranda to the catechist's house. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context D-01.37.IV..73 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-01.37 - Ghana 1883: D-01.37.IV. - Kjebi Title A name given to the resource Marquart’s Report for the Year 1883 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: 03.01.1884 Proper date: 03.01.1884 Description An account of the resource Reports a major whooping cough epidemic in which 60-80 children died, none of them Christians. Most families in the heathen town suffered a death. Heathen parents in their perplexity took refuge to the fetishes, asking their aid and protection with vows of sheep, their own children etc., and the priests, taking advantage of this plague (as they called it) predicted an early destruction of the country by a forth-coming accident which is coming upon the people, asserting that some great calamity is now suspending in the air, and is ready to fall upon the whole nation if they tried not to avoid seeking the protection of some 'higher beings' who are able to remove. The poor people in their terror came as one man to the priests. ‘To which higher beings shall we resort than to our great Obo and his sister fetishes’ they said. 'No not to the fetishes, of course', said the priests. 'For how will you dare to resort to them in the time of your distress since you have all emancipated yourselves and are gone after the long tales of the white men?' 'No, we cannot take our freedom from the service of our dear fetishes, may they (the fetishes) not charge this to us', said the poor people. 'For how can we prove so disloyal to our fetishes to whom we and our forefathers owe our lives and existence? No it is impossible that we can be so disloyal. Great are our deliverer, the fetishes of our forefathers.' 'But are not some of you go now and then to the flatterers and tale-tellers to learn of them in the view of changing themselves white men?' asked the priests, meaning those who attend our divine services and the young men who have brought primers and slates and have begun to learn (there had been a movement of young men into the catechumenate). ‘Oh, they go there for pleasure and just to amuse themselves, and will desist' replied the people. 'Well', continued the priests, 'then each head of a family must bring a cushion upon his head to prove his loyalty before the great fetish and to swear an oath of allegiance that you will remain faithful servants and true worshipers of the idols of your forefathers who have been their and your protectors'. The men accordingly brought the cushions on their heads, and heaped them on a certain spot before the priests, and were all stuck on some pile and placed them on the street behind the house of the senior fetish Obo. In this interview of the people with the priests the people were made to understand that they (the priests) were under the inspiration of the fetishes and were speaking the language of the fetishes and the words to be taken as the fetishes own words. The cushion on which loads are carried on the human head is the symbol of the a slave and a rebel, and signifies that as a rebel is subjugated to the yoke and as a slave is bound to carry his master on his head or on his shoulders by the support of his cushion so the people must remain under the yoke of the fetishes. This event was followed up by a general boycott of contact with services and preaching, and the young men gave up their learning. The fetish priests increased the frequency of their liturgies going into houses and breaking cooking or water pots if they thought that the inmates were being less attentive than they ought. Opouku adds later to his description of the cushion ceremony that the people were .asked to sacrifice all kinds of provisions to the fetishes (he specifically names sheep and oiled mashed yams) and 'lighted torches' were put at the entrance to the village on the side of the Salem and then doused in water as a sign that the impending calamity had been averted. The people also asked the fetishes to bring back the snails in the plentiful supply which had obtained in times past, and more food was sacrificed (to the earlier list Opoku adds mashed oiled plantains) and 1d or 2d collection was made from everyone, and a live snail was buried in the earth under a pot. After this, however, things got worse, deaths began to occur among the adults (the priest losing two women out of his family) and the snails which before had been obtainable in twos and threes now almost disappeared. A woman was heard to question what had happened. Opoku meanwhile had taken up the battle with great rest. He identified the pending menace hanging in the sky as God's anger. He pointed out that the fetish priests were losing people by death just like everyone else (listing not only Kukurantumi's Obo, but also the Fofie priestess and the Asante priest of Tano.) Furthermore rather than death having its residence in the Salem it seemed to have picked out Kukurantumi town, so why put the 'lighted torches' as a symbol on the Salem side of the town? He advised them that sheep meat was better for them than snails; so why sacrifice the former to get the latter? And how can the priests bring snails - do not the priests thank you for gifts of snails, both when you bring them and again the next morning? And does not putting the snail under the pot symbolise having them hidden from human sight? In any case there is a simple answer for the shortage of snails - one part of the land had been sold to the Krobos, Akwapims etc., while the other part is now being settled by the Juabens - the faster the Kukurantumi people collect snails the faster the other people do so too. Half or at least 1/3 the quantity have now passed to other hands. At the meeting at which all these things mere said Opoku's audience increased from 30 to 100 as people were attracted by the complimentary remarks of the hearers. The immediate result -as the conversion of two elderly women, one a widow of the late priest of Obo and then married to a long-standing backslider. Her husband joined her in regular attendance at services, and their 4 children were all sent to school and to be baptised with the mother. These two were backed by many others who had more or less decided to enter the community but had not yet summoned the courage to do so. No-one tried to stop them except the priest (presumably of Obo). Since then the priests have stopped appearing to speak the voice of the fetishes. Many sacred days had passed since without any fetish dances. ‘One must admit what the Christians say that fetishes have no power but are supported by human hands' said one man. The priests had also apparently stopped predicting out fear of backlash from Opoku. At a visit to the Fofie priestess Opoku faced her complaint that he had turned the heart of the whole town against her - people no longer came to enquire about their 'lucks', and were not even interested in favourable messages from the priests. The rainy season has kept him array from Koforidua for 6 months, but he does not believe serious progress is being made there. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context D-01.37.IV..74 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-01.37 - Ghana 1883: D-01.37.IV. - Kjebi Title A name given to the resource Opoku’s Report for the Year 1883 Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource Date early: 31.12.1883 Proper date: 31.12.1883 Description An account of the resource 4 men excluded during the year for re-marrying – an old Christian man of 75 died seeing 2 men dressed in white standing by his bed - the father of Theodor Awua died after continually promising to become a Christian but never actually making it. He said that if he met God he would tell him he had had too short a time to repent. Fankyeneko - the Christians are scattered, and the local people say they will not join the church till the house is finished. A Christian woman had been to a priest for help for her sick daughter and was told to stop attending services - the daughter died nevertheless. Anyinam - only a few have lapsed, the others help the teacher build his house, and in street preaching the people understand what Mullings tells them. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context D-01.37.IV..75 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-01.37 - Ghana 1883: D-01.37.IV. - Kjebi Title A name given to the resource Mullings' Report on Asiakwa for the Year 1883 Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource Date early: 14.01.1884 Proper date: 14.01.1884 Description An account of the resource It includes some account of travelling in the district and south to the coast at Winneba and Bereku. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context D-01.37.IV..76 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-01.37 - Ghana 1883: D-01.37.IV. - Kjebi Title A name given to the resource Date’s Report on his Work in Nsaba