Describes the 'King' of Anum as young and extremely friendly. He visits them almost every evening. His palace appears rather poor. The chosen settlement site has a view to the north over wide plains 'partly Asante‘. They have already experienced…
Welcomes the receipt of a Basel letter dated 10th January 1967 on his prospective wife. The station had been incommunicado for 2 months before this letter arrived owing to the war situation. He asks that his wife should have had some training in…
He argues that Dauromadam is necessary for Anum: but that also the local trade of the post could be built up. Suggests instead of a resident European that the local assistant who handles trade be joined by a catechist.
Before moving to the temporary quarters they had built on the new station, they were living in a house belonging to one Briandt. He has 40-60 workers involved with land-clearing and building: they are paid daily rates, and every Saturday afternoon is…
The new station has an excellent view over the immense plains to the north where thousands of unevangelised people live. About 50 men are working on the building site, but the bulk of these are from Accra. He analyses the difficulty of getting a…
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