Reporting inter al his recent journey to Accra in pursuit of money – he did the journey to Accra in 3 days instead of the usual 4-6 by not going via Akwapim, and instead taking the Akim merchant’s road which leads more or less directly south. It…
Christians are already setting out to build houses in the Christian village in Kibi - at the time of writing 3 had been started, and a 'respectable’ carpenter and mason had also decided to ask to build a house there. He describes a preaching journey…
Describes the Dadentam incident. En route for Dadentam he passed 'here and there' men loading their guns in the wood. He in fact operated in Dadentam in company with two linguists from the Okyenhene. They had to spring between the two parties when…
Reports a preaching tour. Spent the first night at Asafo after apparently calling in many of the houses in the village to talk to the people. Kukurantumi - decided that the baptismal candidate has still to wait a little. The school is falling in…
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…
Politically a peaceful year, though there is still conflict between Atta and Agyeman over the land on which the latter is settling. The report transmits some material on the history of Akim told to Strömberg by Apietu, a grey-haired elder of Kibi. He…
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…
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