Talks about Kibi as his new homeland (‘Heimat’). Says in Kukurantumi there are Asante schoolboys. In Kibi they had to suffer a strike when a man slaughtered a sheep and swore they should not work for the mission at least than 2 dollars per thousand…
He discusses building plans and reports difficulty with the sawyer’s work because of laziness. Strömberg replies to criticisms made to him by Inspector Josenhans, especially over his suggested wife over whom he had asked the Basel Committee to open…
The letter is partly printed as an annex to the 1862 Annual Report (pp.117-119). Additional information: 3 further people -in Kukurantumi have come forward as catechumens including a middle-aged man: A man has announced to the King in Kibi that he…
The letter is concerned partly with impressions - he obviously feels surrounded by an alien and hard society. In the palace in Kibi the first thing you see as you go in is an image, with an offering, of food in front of it. The king himself is…
Writes that he is more than prepared to obey the Basel Committee and regard the 4th Commandment as applying to them, though he adds the condition of his being convinced that they are being guided by the head of the church. This letter in fact asks to…
He takes back his request to resign - thinking over the situation he is still worried about his mother, but thinks that the fact that he has learned Twi (and has had one piece of bible translation in the language approved by the Censur Commission)…
There are papers concerning the proposed journey to Kumasi on the part of Missionaries Harneck and Asante. The mission were already clearly considering the point that Asante had relatives in Kumasi, and wondering what could be made of this, but the…
The station is called the white-man's village by the Kibi people. During 1863 catechist Joseph Ofei had to be excluded for immorality. They have had little time for preaching journeys beyond the immediate surroundings of Kibi but have preached…
In Kibi school numbers are relatively stable at 15, boys whom the King and elders ‘gave’ to the school. They attend fairly regularly and many of them would like to live on the station. Some seem to be really gaining something from baptismal…
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