Travelling from Akropong to Kibi they spent the first night in Panto, the second in Kukurantumi. In the latter a man had died and a priest declared that it was his fetish which was responsible - although the priest had been attending the man in his…
Includes the remark that the Okyenhene is favourable to boys' staying in the school and this, and the missionaries' own steadfastness, helps them to succeed in retaining some of the boys whom the families try to take away from the school. The trouble…
Went to Kibi to help during the time of the Haas' severe illness in mid-'73 - expected the Kibi chief to be unfriendly in view of the 'Begoro affair' but instead found him well-disposed to the mission, and especially friendly to the missionaries. If…
In this report on his Journey with Mrs Dieterle to Kibi to assist during Mrs Eisenschmid's childbed and the acute illness of Haas and Eisenschmid, Lodholz places the moments of particular difficulty on their journey to Kukurantumi by reference to…
The personnel of the Kibi station has changed in that there is no longer a European missionary present and David Asante is in charge. The catechists are as before, but there is a new teacher Simeon Bampo. The community has fallen from 32 to 31, with…
Very morose concerning the community - two members had to be excluded for adultery soon after his arrival, and shortly after it was discovered that the elder, William Dapa, was a habitual thief. He has still not met half the people on the list of…
He has met the community and asked them firstly to move onto the station and secondly to make farms. They agreed to the former request, but only the two married members agreed to the latter. The rest refused, since they have no wives and children…
Last paragraph: The slave emancipation is causing a lot of dust to rise. In Kibi it is said the young king is mishandling the slaves who no longer want to remain in his service, and the government must intervene there if the emancipation is to be…
Informs the Basel Committee of Asante’s requests for a ruling on the number of boarding pupils he may take in the school at Kibi. He has given a temporary ruling of 30, but would like Basel's approval for 50, on the grounds - that the boys will come…
The bulk of this letter is printed in a Basel Mission pamphlet under the title “Begoro und Okwau. Bericht über zwei Untersuchungsreisen als Vorbereitung für die Asante-Mission" (1875). Travelling Akropong-Kibi-Begoro Mohr mentions the following: At…
Discussing the problem of finding a labour force for building the Begoro mission buildings he points out that there is an advantage in teaching Akem people to do the jobs, since if you bring in strangers you have to pay their debts before bringing…
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