Includes the point that Buck has arrived on the station, as has Cat. Anoba and pastor (deacon) Nath. Date. The numbers in the Christian community have risen from 56 to 108 (Kibi alone) with 80 communicants, 3 non-communicants, 25 children and 11…
The school had gone on peacefully in 1877 - the boys need to be prompted to tidiness and industry. He gives a biography of one of the Asante pupils. His name was Ofusuhene, his father had been the Asante representative in Kwahu, and thus taken…
Describes the difficulties when as many as 20 of the pupils claim to be sick in the morning. His picture is in fact one of pupils eager for the vacation to commence and not strongly motivated to do school work. 7 boys stayed in the charge of the Kibi…
Contains the information that the Kukurantumi chief had for a time been attending their street preaching, but, that be had been criticised for this by the fetish priest who tried to excite the people of the town against him.
Discusses in brief the opportunities for expansion in Akim. He is making preparations to station a man in Asiakwa. Fankyeneko has also indicated a strong wish for a teacher and there are 9 catechumens there. Apedwa also asks for a teacher, and though…
5 young men of the village of Apinaman (South of Kibi) have announced themselves as catechists. Preaching in Kibi is suffering from a great decrease in population due not only to the effects of the Emancipation, but also to many families moving out…
Reports a campaign to tighten up the teachers' control of the school, stopping the pupils going off to Kibi without permission e.g., and making sure that evening studies were supervised. A subscript, by J.M. Müller adds that the school was certainly…
The assembly at which Asante was first told to leave Akim consisted of Ata and the elders of Kibi, Apedwa, and Apapam, and the 'people': The two charges preferred against him were that he had taken the initiative in getting Ata's slaves baptised, and…
Contains information not only about the events in Kibi in September, but also a preaching journey in Akim in August. This covered 17 villages, its general direction (North West and North East of Kibi) was determined by news of places where there were…
Once more concerned with the question of building and build costs. They give an estimate of costs and another computation of the types of expenses incurred so far.
Reports in extenso the destruction of the swish walls of the 2nd storey of the mission building by an unexpected early March thunderstorm (This is mentioned in the printed 1877 Annual Report). Damage is calculated at £60.
With the arrival of missionary Buss on the station in March came 5 carpenters, though one has since returned to the coast. Weimer can now speak twi. He reports a frequent saying among the workmen that when the buildings are finished they will all…
The letter is mostly concerned with the question of his marrying. Evidently the matter is already in train, and the father of the lady involved is not ready to give his consent without knowing more about the accommodation in Abetifi. Werner therefore…
Part of this letter is printed in ‘Heidenbote’ 1877, p. 78 under the title “The Fetish Tree of Asiakwa”. The only part of the report relevant to the Kwahu station is that he was able to recruit craftsmen for Abetifi only in Akropong, where it seems…
Contains political news. They were surprised a fortnight ago to hear from the coast news of a danger of war between the Juabens and Asante. No such worry is present in Kwahu, where the impression is that the Governor had taken energetic steps to…
The report is partially printed as an appendix to the Annual Report of the Basel Mission 1878 (p. 85ff). It is mostly phased in general terms. The Christian community has with difficulty been assembled on the quiet of the mission hill, away from the…
On the subject of peoples’ attitudes to the Mission he reports a general disillusionment with the fetish priests. People often say to him that they do not believe in the fetishes but they are afraid. It is true that there are other problems hindering…
Includes the accounts of the building both to date, and with estimates of the costs to come. There are also estimates for making a churchyard and building a wall. Work on the station so far into 1877 had been held up by the bad weather, and the lack…
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