Begins with an account of some of the animals he has encountered, with some information on their religious significance. Reports a crocodile-fetish at Bre (Berekuse) on the stream called Mama near the Abokobi plantation. It is given an annual…
First night at Bewase an Akropong village where the people were not very friendly. Second night Kofridua, the first Akim village, a hunting settlement. On the third day’s journey he made a mistake and was going along the path back to Kofridua when he…
Yam festival for Dade and Aktia (p 2). Heavy work: 13 people at table, expensive time. 10 servants. Shepherds neglect 70 sheep, so that 12-15 were lost or stolen (p 3). Journey to Ningo-Shai-Krobe-Akropong (pp 4 ff). Tema chief friendly, permits a…
Includes an account of a journey to Akropong with his pupils, via Kwantanang (which he says he has visited many times before, sometimes with his wife) and Amrahia, where a Peki Caravan was resting. On the way back to Osu passed through Legon, and was…
First part is a Ga traditional account of the McCarthy war - Zimmermann says in the same sentence that he had it from the mouth of an elder (not specified) and implies that it is a popular history. It is certainly fairly crude. The cause is given as…
Comments on the celebrations when British rule was consolidated – a gathering of the important chiefs in Christiansborg. The King from Kibi was the most noble of them, and the richest the King of Akim (this and other material from Zimmermann on the…
Made a short visit to Logong on Feb 6th, to talk to the baptismal candidate Sang who lived there. The report also offers a summary of Zimmermann's activities in the agricultural field since his arriving in Christiansborg. He made an experimental…
In the Basel Mission area the effect of the Emancipation is so far limited. Abokobi in the past has been a place of flight for slaves, but fewer slaves have been coming recently as in former years. The Proclamation will only become known by degrees…
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