337 20 77964 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: 16.03.1882 Proper date: 16.03.1882 Description An account of the resource Dilger criticises the teaching methods practiced by the local teachers, and his own statement of priorities. The local teachers, as far as he is able to judge, know very little about handling a subject in an exciting and interesting way nor do they understand that for children a subject cannot be treated in details as it should ideally, (it has to be cut down in such a way) as to make it something the children love, and something which they can value. They don't realise you have to make things concrete for children. They regard teaching as pouring information down as funnel in order to make information sausages each day. At the end of the report naming the Abetifi teachers Dilger says that Dako although little gifted is an outstanding teacher, and really does bring the pupils forward. Dilger also comments that parents are still unwilling to send their children to school in Abetifi. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context D-01.33.XV..262 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-01.33 - Ghana 1881: D-01.33.XV. - Abetifi Title A name given to the resource Dilger's Yearly Report on the Boy's 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/. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context D-01.34.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-01.34 - Ghana 1882 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-01.34.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-01.34 - Ghana 1882 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-01.34.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-01.34 - Ghana 1882 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-01.34.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-01.34 - Ghana 1882 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-01.34.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-01.34 - Ghana 1882 Title A name given to the resource Ada (Years 1979-1882) 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-01.35.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-01.35 - Ghana 1882 Title A name given to the resource Aburi Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource Date early: 03.04.1882 Proper date: 03.04.1882 Description An account of the resource Summarising his conclusions from the Ramseyer-Asante expedition to Asante. He tends to conclude that Ramseyer was a difficulty in himself. According to the information travelling around the Koranteng-Hall network he was being called Obusuyefo (evil doer) in the streets; Eisenschmid points out too that the Asantehene did not shake hands with them, nor make a return visit to their house. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context D-01.34.I..14 Subject The topic of the resource [Archives catalogue]: Guides / Finding aids: Archives: D - Ghana: D-01 - Incoming correspondence from Ghana up to the outbreak of the First World War: D-01.34 - Ghana 1882: D-01.34.I. - General Conference Title A name given to the resource Eisenschmid 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: 11.04.1882 Proper date: 11.04.1882 Description An account of the resource Reporting a tour of Akim, Asante-Akim, and Kwahu There are five Juaben villages in the stretch Koforidua-Kukurantumi. There are 28 inhabited places in Kwahu - 8 of them are among the largest towns on the Gold Coast. Kwahu burial customs (he mentions the casting of pottery out of the villages) he treats as being new to him. In the forest between Kwahu and Asante Akim he met a few hunters and people carrying loads of gum resin. In Asante Akim he calculates 5000 inhabitants, 10 villages, but the people haft only been there for 8 years and are not really settled. They are a busy people - the villages empty in the daytime. Politically insecure, however - he reports the wish to be linked to Akim Kotoku. Obogu is independent of both Asante Akim and Asante, has linked itself to Kotoku, 800-1000 inhabitants. From Obogu en route for Akim they pass two farming camps Komesu and Praso, both only inhabited from time to time. 6 hours south of them is Afosu (a Kotoku village) and 7/8 hours south again Asuom. Very bad paths. Their experience preaching on this tour was that everywhere the gospel is received as a good and kindly word. Only three times were they refused help over sleeping - once in a very poor encampment in Akim, once in Fade, and once en route of Asante Akim. In the Juaben villages people are willing but passive spectators. In the gold-mining villages (Osine named) the response is less marked. Akim women are treated much more like slaves than Akwapim women, and therefore come less to street preaching than Akwapim women. The fetish priest of Nkwatia can turn himself into a spirit and play like an ape in the trees, and comes into the villages at night armed, everyone flees into their houses. In Abetifi there were 40 people at morning service. Since there is a shortage of catechists, the Abetifi request for a catechist has been turned down. Of the 12 boys from the Abetifi boarding school at his examination all, especially the gifted ones, have done extremely well. 4 of the oldest Müller describes as 18-20 years old. They wanted to leave school, ‘being ttired', but their people expect them to become teachers, and after conversation they were re-heartened. In Pepease their preaching took place on the day of him a fetish custom, when there was no response to a request for silence for the preaching, Ramseyer went into the fetish priest's house, and immediately all was silent. They preached on the cross, and eternal death. In a similar situation at Sakaraka (except that the custom was to do with obsequies) they do not seem to have made any request for silence - the custom just stopped and people gathered round. Kwahu chief's houses are grander than those in Akim, and it is usual to see the war drums adorned with skulls. In Asante Akim they had few listeners. When he tried to interview the old chief about the question of a teacher they found he had died, and his successor was not so enthusiastic - he was mostly concerned to assert the need for some-one in Bompata rather than Adomfe. Müller reckons they are disappointed in the political results following their connection with the Basel Mission - and Müller told him that catechists were not supposed to waste their time settling papavars. In Obogu there was a much friendlier welcome on the part of men women and slaves. This town has cleared the way to the Pra. Obogu he describes as having 800-1000 inhabitants. West Akim, which he defines as being between the Pra and Atiwa-Pameng mountains, and inhabited by the Kotokus along the Pra and Abuakwas along the Berem contains 65 settlements, 40 of them very small, and the rest of average 500-600 inhabitants. Alongside from farming their main occupations are trade, catching fish, and hunting. Though the coast is only 4-5 days away they do not seem to have taken up palm-farming. The Asiamang people live on trade and hunting – their town is isolated in the middle of the forest. He travelled back to Aburi via Asiamang and Nsakye, going along the 'usual merchants' road to Accra for 8.9 hours, then along hunters' paths for 5-6 hours to the Densu and the village of Nsamam. From Nsamam Nsakye is reached in 6 hours, and Aburi in a further 3 hours. Asuom - the problem in-this town is that c 1879/1880 Buck found people milling to become Christians since then Ramseyer and Mohr have found none. Müller found none also. He has the view in fact that the local people have decided against the acceptance of Christianity - his host gave him to understand this, and the street-preaching congregation gave a hostile reception to his question when anyone wanted to become-a Christian. There is apparently a pond in the vicinity, whose fish are worshipped by the town. They did not want strife in the town from having the population divided though he admitted the younger people wanted to become Christians. Although catechumen had been reported in Otumi he could find none. (From Otumi to Kade they passed through Nkwatanang and Sabi). Kade repeated the theme the people were hostile to the extent of not wanting to sleep or feed the mission party, though earlier reports had spoken of a large welcome. In Adangkoro they were welcomed. Via Akwatia they came to Osanase where the relatives of an earlier middle school pupils welcomed them, and in the evening the whole village gathered for preaching. There is in fact a teacher's house and school house already built here and they have been asking for a teacher (Müller remarks that they mean they want a catechist) for a long time; the ex-pupil's (new merchant in Akuse) relatives have taken the lead in this. The town is not in a good position for a teacher, however; its neighbour-town is Asaman, but that is 5-6 hard hours away. There are 600-800 inhabitants. Though a catechist would do better in Osenase than Asiamang where there is absolutely nothing for him to do. None of the 5 Christians of Asiamang were in the town when Müller passed through. Müller advises that West Akim should be settled by a Deacon or two when it is riper for harvest. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context D-01.35.I..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-01.35 - Ghana 1882: D-01.35.I. - District Conference Akwapim-Akem Title A name given to the resource Müller’s Report on a Journey in the Inland Twi Areas 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/. Description An account of the resource Johannes Werdu from Abetifi, aged 20, ranked 3rd. Stephano Abankwa, from Abetifi, aged 19, ranked 2nd Samuel Brekunu from Abetifi, aged 18, ranked 4th. Daniel Bre from Bukuruwa, aged 20, ranked 1st. Some, but not all, had been house-boys for the missionaries in Abetifi. A major point in the written comment on each was the degree of attentiveness showed. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context D-01.35.III..34 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-01.35 - Ghana 1882: D-01.35.III. - Akropong Title A name given to the resource Dilger's Report on the Four Boys Wanting to Become Teacher 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 The last section of the report is an account of his Kwahu journey in 1882. Lists the four Juaben villages as Koforidua, Asokore, Afidwase, Oweko. In Koforidua they were able to borrow a bell from a young man to call the people together for preaching. The Juabens say 'We like the Word of Gods’, but refuse conversions till their king comes back from Lagos. En route for Kwahu from Anyinam they stayed the night at a rest place called Kankani, where there were two hunters' huts. In Kwahu the walls of King and Cabodeers are beautifully decorated with proverbial pictures of animate creatures such as men, elephants, tortoise, crocodiles, serpents, fishes etc. which is very beautiful to the eye. On the first night travelling from Kwahu into Asante Akim they stayed at Akwaboa - the people were not helpful and it was only with difficulty that they got a lodging. This place is said to be owned by Atta Fua the chief of Akim Kotoku. 2nd day they fished in the Pra and went through Ahyiresu and Fweresu to Auboa. The people were all away killing fishes at a certain place. On the third day out they made a detour to Odampon lying one hour south west, and through the small village Asankari came to Bompata. Fourth day – Bompata to Adomfe (nearby Mmoso was still under Kumasi with no communications with the 'independent' part of Asante Akim). Fifth day - Adomfe to Wanky to Dwaso, along a forest path seldom used. Dwaso is a small settlement near the large ta town Dwaso destroyed by the Kumasi people during the Juaben war. They stayed the night in Obogu. There the finest house (very high and decorated) belonged to the fetish priest Kumi Komfo. He made much money by claiming on behalf of the fetish possessions of people the fetish was said to have killed - even long after their death. However one person whom he sought to use as an accomplice revealed his activities to the town, and if he hadn't fled that night he would have been beheaded the next morning. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context D-01.35.III..46 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-01.35 - Ghana 1882: D-01.35.III. - Akropong Title A name given to the resource Hall's Annual Report for 1882 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: 20.06.1882 Proper date: 20.06.1882 Description An account of the resource Concerning the requests of members of the 5th class of the Kibi Anstalt to be received into the Akropong Middle School or Teachers' Seminary. Immanuel Agyei, son of Imm. Boakye, the most gifted of the group, though not consistent and requires oversight. His family is willing to pay the requisite money for him. Simeon Agyako from Begoro. His family will pay the requisite sums for him. John Ayebinim from Salaga – well gifted and with a good grasp on the faith, has none to pay for him, but the Kibi station will support him. He has had to learn to speak Twi. Sam Dee, from Kade, has only heathen relatives. Joseph Obeng from Done (Asante-Akim) has only heathen relatives. The above-were all attempting to enter the Middle School, those below the teacher's Seminar: Elieser Abrokwa Gottfried Agankwa, who has spent much time in the company of Europeans) Joseph Asare Joseph Bosompe Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context D-01.35.III..35 Subject The topic of the resource [Archives catalogue]: Guides / Finding aids: Archives: D - Ghana: D-01 - Incoming correspondence from Ghana up to the outbreak of the First World War: D-01.35 - Ghana 1882: D-01.35.III. - Akropong Title A name given to the resource Munz to the Twi District Inspector of Schools 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: 20.04.1882 Proper date: 20.04.1882 Description An account of the resource Thanks the Committee for the suggestion that he should make a second visit to Kumasi. Most of the letter is taken up with a comment on the Committee's warning that it appeared that Ramseyer was not altogether welcome in Kumasi on account of his role in the 1869-1874 war. He writes that firstly open unwelcome was rare, both on the streets, and in the Asantehene's council. True in the latter the Bantamahene and Asafo Boakye took the lead in having an answer to his request deferred, but one factor which Ramseyer feels should be born in mind there is that there was anger and anxiety about the length of time which Boakye Tengteng was spending on the coast, and this reply can be seen as a form of retaliation against this. In any case the bulk of the court was very well disposed towards him. He asked his 'dear friend' Owusu Koko what impression the visit had made, and he said that the Asantehene himself had remarked that Ramseyer had nothing to do with the disaster which had fallen on. ‘Kumasi people did not want to listen and thus the disaster happened'. Ramseyer also makes the point that hatred of the Asante outside asante colours people's impressions of what is to be expected there - and the rumours which go around the colony about events in Asante. 99% of these are false -a few days previously he had heard a rumour that Asamoa of Agogo having refused to go to Kumasi over some question of the Juaben plunder was forcibly taken there. The rumour came with the name of the man who arrested him. But yesterday two Kwahu merchants brought him greetings from Asamoa. They had just come back from Agogo. Finally, he makes the point that history has made the Asante character different from that of the other peoples on the Coast - they have a certain pride 'in having a Master', and thus are mistrustful and withdrawn towards strangers. But once you get to know them, then confidence develops and things are talked about in a much more free way. To this letter is added a series of opinions about the expedition from Basel Mission officials on the Coast: Müller writing as Akwapim/Akim District Chairman (Präses) is worried about the lack of qualified Gold Coast personnel to undertake the work of a still further extended twi district. Eisenschmid wonders who should accompany Ramseyer, and asks if any of the twi-speaking brothers are ready of their own free will to accompany him - remarking that Ramseyer has asked him to come on the expedition, but that he feels with 9 years unbroken work behind him he has too little strength for the journey. In the Eisenschmid document reporting the choice of David Asante as Ramseyer's companion one of the reasons cited is that he is from the Asante royal family, and his father stayed a long time in Kumasi. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context D-01.35.VI..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-01.35 - Ghana 1882: D-01.35.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: January 1883 Proper date: January 1883 Description An account of the resource Personnel - Chr. Burckhardt died in April 1882 after being in Begoro since October 1881 - yellow fever. Mrs. Mohr died in August 1882. Catechist Sakyi is often rather depressed. Anoff in Fankyeneko has to battle constantly against apathy. He doesn't know how to win respect, and is a friend rather than a teacher. In many of his villages (Dwenase and Abompe named) many people are in the toils of the truth, but without an effective catechist. Ntow has no school in Anyinam, and in any case the catechists do not like schools tying them down for 4 days in the week. (There is no school at Begoro nor has been one since 1881 -even the christian housefathers are against it.) The Begoro community lost 20 people in the course of the year - 11 moved away, 5 died, 4 were excluded. 8 were gained - 2 baptisms of heathen, 2 Christian children were born, 1 person was re-admitted, and 2 Christians moved into the town. Mohr is not happy about the 'religious' state of affairs in Begoro. Sunday attendance is good, and the women come to bible study and prayer meetings, but the evening school is badly attended, no women attend morning prayers (some men do) and in the evening they have to be called to evening prayers individually. One problem is that people expect to a greater or lesser extent physical blessings, and troubles are a sore temptation to them, especially as the fetish priests are quick to suggest that the fault is their religion. They are too preoccupied with clothes. They have had trouble enforcing church discipline, and getting people to contribute to the freewill Sunday Offerings. In family life husband and wife are very seperate ('Do you pray together?' 'Obo nede, me nso, mebo mede' i.e. she prays for her things, and I pray for mine). They don't teach their children to pray. Christian heathen relationships are unfortunately very good. There is little difference between the two - the heathen hear the word of God quietly and with respect. One problem in Begoro itself is the 'games' which they have received from the Fantes, and through them from the Europeans. Everyone is a member of the 'game clubs', and rivalry between them has already led to brawls. Nevertheless Mohr knows a many people sceptical about the fetishes, and troubled by 'the truths'. The church in Fankyeneko is almost collapsed. Only 5 adults remain, the chief supporter is 'fallen' and there have been 5 deaths, among them that of Oscar Kuma the elder who sadly lapsed on his deathbed as a result of family pressures, despite the efforts of the catechist to protect him from them. A woman on the point of being re-admitted fell again - the problem is her husband's 9 month absence in Fante. Catechist and people are living in a heathen village, the new house for the catechist, not quite finished, is deserted. In Anyinam there has been trouble with the chief. He was reported to Accra, called to Akropong, and given a good talking to. 3 members have lapsed, one was the elder Jonothan excluded for adultery, the second another man, the third a woman who deserted her husband - she was childless. There were three adult baptisms - one of them of a man who had been a ferociousc opponent of the Christians (the members said 'You have baptised the devil himself') and three infant baptisms. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context D-01.35.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-01.35 - Ghana 1882: D-01.35.V. - Begoro Title A name given to the resource Annual Report for 1882 for the Station of Begoro Written by Mohr 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: 15.05.1882 Proper date: 15.05.1882 Description An account of the resource In describing the background to his journey, he offers two reasons for the outbreak of the war in 1860 - (1) that the Gyadam people were working a new goldfield and would not give Atta of Kibi his customary 1/3 takings. (2) Agyeman refused to let Atta marry one of his woman. Begoro was at the head of the Akira forces in that war - Atta gave the Begorohene money to fight for him. Since Agyeman there have been two Akim Kotoku chiefs - Kwabena Fua and Atta Fua. Süss visited them once in their new home. 4 of the 8 Gyadam christians went to school in Akropong after the war. Present population of Akim Kotoku: Mohr calculates at 20,000, with 2 towns of the first rank, Oda and Akim Swedru. To the North-West the territory of Akira Kotoku stretches out 4 days journey to the neighbourhood of Obogu. First day - Kibi to Dompem, a farming village, on the West side of the Akim hills, Mohr describes himself as very weak, having to rest 40, 60, and 80 minutes out of Kibi. Second day – Dompen-Apiraman (4 hours). Half way between these two villages is Abohema, deserted when he was there, but occupied by the Akropong and Tekyiman when they come to dig for gold in the quiet seasons for agriculture. Third day - Apiraman to Kade. He decided not to go by the direct route Apiraman-Akanten-Osenaase-Omansi in order to see more places. On this day passed a deserted Topreman, then a newly settled village of the same name, then Boadua. Here a road leads south via Akwatia to Osenaase, where it branches to Asamankese or Omansu. This was a bad day's journey - 4 times crossing the Mmo river, once the Suboan, and once the Berem between Adankorno and Kade. Fourth day - Sunday 5th Feb - rest day at Kade. His plans to take a service were interrupted by the yam festival, held very late everywhere in Akim that year. There was great commotion even when he tried to preach. Fifth day, Kade-Wankyi. Sixth day - Wankyi, Denkyerat-ko-so, Kasawere, Oda. In Wankyi he remarks that people are interested in the gospel, but in this remote part of Akins there is still much house slavery. No-one is there helping slaves to go to law, or to escape. And in any case where could the stranger slaves go since they do not speak twi? And where should they go if they want to become Christians? Even if the masters were persuaded to free Christian slaves, unless there were a teacher or catechist present that probably would not happen. They crossed the Berem at Denkyera-ko-so a partly submerged tree trunk. Mohr contrasts the quiet and dignified welcome in Oda with that in Kumasi. Atta Fua said he did not mind his people becoming Christian, but as for him - no. Mohr gathered that Kotoku sees very few white men - then only DCs and other officers en route for Kibi. Mohr remarks that the ways in Kotoku are notably clean, due to the occasional presence of English officers. In Oda is an old town, with the houses very close together, and a new town. The chief's house is in the middle of the latter. The main street of the new town is 3 minutes long - it takes 5 minutes to cross the old town. These two big towns reminded him of Kpandu and Amfoi. Atta Fua wanted to know if he had brought with him any fine silk handkerchiefs, like those Süss had to sell, and made a formal request for a teacher. Seventh or eighth day. Oda-Swedru-Akyease. In Swedru the chief is Kofi Ahenkora older than Atta Fua, and there is some opposition between them. 20 years ago Silas and Kofi Ahenkora had agreed on the place for a mission station. The chief's house was a two storey building, furnished with English easy chairs, and there was an album of photos of the English royal family given to the chief by Captain Butler. Although the town is not so big as Begoro there were several other 2 storey buildings with grass roofs - fante carpenters and builders are employed in this district. (Mohr comments rather bitterly on Captain Butler having written a book after such a short stay, and having had to work through an interpreter. According to him Captain Butler’s revolver seems to have bulked large in the Kotoku history of his stay.) He preached on Mark 1.15 and was much questioned about Christianity, especially about the regulations as to what Christians may or may not do. He spent the night at Akyease. Kotoku's oil produce goes through Akyease to ‘Akyemfo or Saltpond'. The villages under Akyease are Osoroase and Kokobesi; near the former is Kotoku Anyinam. None of these are notable, but Anammease is a large place. Next day, Akyease-Omanso. Great receptivity to preaching, great dissatisfaction with foreign fetish priests. In reply for a request for more information he referred the questioner to the 10 Commandments. Near Omanso is a Mmosea-so, and 13 hours away Batabi, same size as Omanso. Next day, Omanso-(after ½ hour)-Asubea (1 hour) Asantema (new place) Akoreso, where he stayed the night in a two storey house built by someone long in Fante. Next day going ‘home’ - first passed through an unnamed settlement 'where oil is made', and after 13 hours to Asamankese, the farthest outstation of Kibis where he received news of his daughter's death; hence back as rapidly as possible. General Comments include the point that in Kotoku there is excellent clay, why not a tile industry? Using a river like the Densu they could easily supply the Accra and Akwapim market for roofing and undercut shinglew and iron. There are similar clay deposits at Dwenase and Tafo (Akim Tafo). Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context D-01.35.V..79 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-01.35 - Ghana 1882: D-01.35.V. - Begoro Title A name given to the resource Mohr to Basel: Report on a journey to Akim Kotoku 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: March 1883 Proper date: March 1883 Description An account of the resource Missionaries severely affected by illness in the course of the year - D. Huppenbauer being forced to return to Europe, and Munz and Krauss being several times forced away to convalesce in Begoro or Akropong. At Kibi the number in the community at the end of the year was 278. In Tete there was one baptism, the community now numbering 10, Deacon Date gives them the testimony of living together like a real community. They have achieved something notable with their building of a chapel with the assistance they have had from the mission. There have been problems in the school with a change of teachers - the staff at end 1882 was W. Tete as housefather, and teachers D. Ofei, Boagye, and Owusu. There were 32 pupils, including 5 non-Christians. Apapam - community declined from 60 to 48, with 4 deaths, 9 removals, and 1 baptism. Cat. Odee 'fell' during the course of the year. Apedma - 6 baptisms, total increase 5 to 13. Evangelist Gyang is working in Apedwa. Munz criticises evangelists as being not enough educated to run a community and inclined to maintain points out of ignorance through pride. Kukurantumi - community at 106, after the baptism of 2 heathen and 8 Christian children. The school in a sad condition with an incapable teacher having too little to do. Opoku was posted to Kukurantumi to replace Koranteng during the course of the year. Tafo - 3 Christians and Ewi - land not yet bought. Koforidua - G. Botwe, another somewhat incapable evangelist is resident in Koforidua working in about 6 villages altogether. Asiakwa - Community 105 following the baptism of 15 heathen and 9 children, there are also 11 catechumen. A chapel is being built - the Christians still do not live on mission land. From Asiakwa Mullings has worked in Agyapomma, and there is a Christian family there. Abomosu - community numbers 58, no baptisms in the year and 3 catechumen. Anoba's influence is having a good effect on the community after 7 exclusions. Asunafo - community 45, increase of 3 (not by baptisms). A crisis after a revolt in the school. Catechist W. Mensah is working in Asunafo. Kwabeng - community decreased by 3 to 12. Tumfa - with Akim Akropong the community numbers 3, a reduction of 2. Things have improved with the substitution of Cat. Labi for Cat. Okanta. Asamang - where Okanta was at end 1882 - 14 in the community including 5 Methodists, and 11 catechumen. Okanta was an improvement on Tete, his predecessor. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context D-01.35.IV..71 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-01.35 - Ghana 1882: D-01.35.IV. - Kjebi Title A name given to the resource Munz' Report for the Year 1882 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: 31.12.1882 Proper date: 31.12.1882 Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context D-01.35.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-01.35 - Ghana 1882: D-01.35.IV. - Kjebi Title A name given to the resource Opoku's Report for the Second Half of 1882 in Kukurantumi Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource Date early: 31.05.1882 Proper date: 31.05.1882 Description An account of the resource The report contains information on the history of Imm. Boakye. It seems almost totally reproduced in the Kollektenblatt No 139, 1883. Additional material in the manuscript: The Juaben king whose nephew Boakye was (Boakye's father was his brother) was Agyei. His father committed suicide by poisoning. Huppenbauer notes that they are sometimes insulted by drumming when preaching is in progress, particularly Boakye. One element in Boakye's preaching, according to Huppenbauer, is his declaration that living satisfied with one wife is better than having five or six - which is what he used to believe was necessary for a happy life. Only one gambling gain is cited in this manuscript. An example of the key role Boakye had played as a trusted servant of the king is given. At one time he heard that the Anyinams were involved in secret trade with the Kwahus, when as Asantes there should have been enmity between the two sides. So Ata sent him to Anyinam, which he found empty - almost. In the forest en route for Kahu, however, he found a veritable market place with bales of cloth, salt, powder etc. on sale. All the people fled, except for two kwahus whom he captured. He called up people from Kwabeng to take the merchandise to Kibi was sent to Anyinam where he was able to capture people in large numbers and take them to Kibi where eventually the village was fined £400 - this necessitating plenty of the people being put in pawn or sold into slavery. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context D-01.35.IV..64 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-01.35 - Ghana 1882: D-01.35.IV. - Kjebi Title A name given to the resource D. Huppenbauer's Report for the First two Quarters of 1882 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: July 1882 Proper date: July 1882 Description An account of the resource The report is two-thirds concerned with a journey to West Akim. He talks about Kotoku and mentions Katawere as being a major source of opposition to Christianity. In Asuboa the people flocked to write down their names, saying their fetish had been taken away from them. Discussing his Asiakwa Gemeinde he reports that 2 out of 10 catechumen were away from the town when the time came for their baptism. He reports an old woman, Sofia Korama, who near her death told him that she became a Christian out of gratitude to God - she and her mother were sold for £1 each, and her 2 children for £4 each, but all have obtained their emancipation. Another potential convert was a 12 year old girl whose mother was dead - she wanted to give herself up to God especially since her father was unsympathetic. He threatened to curse her before the fetish, Theodora Awua. An excluded Christian had been criticising the others excluded for going back to the elders and asking forgiveness - the moment he said this he was struck with a deadly sickness - that evening he sent for the elders to ask pardon for him. They did so, 'but his strong heart cannot repent'. His death brought a great fear on the congregation. Mullings has been visiting Nsutam, and a man decided to enter the catechumenate but died soon after. The local people believed the fetish had killed him, but Mullings told them the fetish could not move of itself and that it was the priest who poisoned him. He has also been visiting Samang and Sadwumase and though the people welcome him and are interested there are as yet no converts. The Agyapomma converts are in fact a family group. No school in Asiakwa on account of school fees, there are occasional evening classes ‘because some of them are unwilling to learn'. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context D-01.35.IV..65 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-01.35 - Ghana 1882: D-01.35.IV. - Kjebi Title A name given to the resource Mullings' Report 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: July 1882 Proper date: July 1882 Description An account of the resource He had spent a month and a half in Abomosu in 1877 preparing people for baptism. On return he had to exclude 5 people for adultery. He found only three houses on mission land, and his own house still has no windows or doors. His first preaching in the town concerned the goodness and severity of God. He describes the death of a convert, Catherine Prakwa, who had been troubled by a severe cough for 2 years. Asked about her faith she talked about her hope of something better in heaven, and Anoba quotes her as describing the fine everlasting cloths people had in heaven. She knew the Lord's Prayer and apparently did not pray extempore (Anoba considers no services had been held in the chapel since the departure of Date). Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context D-01.35.IV..66 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-01.35 - Ghana 1882: D-01.35.IV. - Kjebi Title A name given to the resource Anoba’s Report