The dialectic between Christians and heathen at the time of Johannes Asamoah's death was in terms of the heathen saying 'The School kills' and the catechist preaching 'why then are so many people dying in Begoro town?' The work went better, except…
Dieterle and Buhl (21st March) recite the facts more or less as they are reported by Mohr (see No 232. One additional piece of information appears – the fetish priest who identified the missionaries as the cause of the epidemic was called Kesewa).…
On the subject of the English regime, its relations with Basel etc. - Buhl as Mission Treasurer in Christiansborg seems held to have a watching brief over events on the Gold Coast for the Basel Committee. He reports the relations between Ramseyer and…
The Catholic who visited Kumasi was from Sierra Leone, he visited Buha when he came to Accra. His visit to Kumasi was a private project - there was no suggestion of a Catholic mission being set up in Kumasi. Indeed he felt that until the arbitrary…
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.
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…
The court case took place from 17th to 21st December in Accra. Dieterle and Eisenschmid repeat the point about the bribing of witnesses by Ata and mention Sam. Gyima as having played a sad role. They say their problem is defending Asante without…
The letter is a commentary on the court action and the Governor's letter asking that he be moved from Kibi. Ata claimed Asante had written letters for people who wanted to accuse him before the English courts. Asante, states that he has never done…
On receipt of the Governor's letter (No. 6, annex) they have decided to recall Asante from Kibi to Akwapim. This is done in order not to damage the Mission by a long-drawn out conflict with the British Government. They have informed the Governor,…
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