He hears from Freeman the Bishop of Sierra Leone has despatched an 'Agent' (catechist) to work for the Church Missionary Society. The Sierra Leonians had asked the bishop for pastoral oversight during his visit to Accra in March 79. It seems that…
Reports on the judicial process against Ata in Accra. Buck recalls that he had appealed to the Governor for the imposition of freedom to pursue crop and naimal husbandry and any type of craft in Akim, 'otherwise it would be possible for the…
The process ended on May 10th. The jury was almost completely made up of local people, Ata having 'forbidden' Europeans from serving. All the other points except complicity in the ritual murder were found against the prosecution by the jury - there…
Written and signed by Mohr. The personnel of the station at the end of 1880 includes Gottlieb Munz and Stephan Sakyi as catechist, at Fankyeneko catechist William Emmanuel Obeng. David Huppenbauer was on the station for 6 months, then was…
Reporting a visit to Fankyeneko in the new year. The people had been unhappy about the arrangements for building the catechist’s house – they had hoped to earn money from the mission in this connection to pay off debts, which the mission's allowance…
The closure of the school followed three weeks after its re-opening with teacher Okanta, when after a large meeting in the street with the chief and people of Begoro it had been agreed that children would be sent to it (they were to be given a…
The first part of the report is taken up with complaints about the length of time which catechists Obeng and Sakyi have asked for their leave, and the fact that they have both overstayed their leave by a considerable length of time. Sakyi appears to…
Laments the frequently changing personnel of the station - Munz for Huppenbauer, Sakyi for Ntow and Okanta, but includes a passage on Sakyi. Finding himself in that thickly clouded land, lying outside the protectorate where slavery and pawning were…
A new chapel is being built in Kibi, and there are 21 houses in the Christian village (excluding missionaries' and teachers' houses). 14 houses in the Salem at Kukurantumi. Asiakwa is listed as having been founded in 1877, therebeing mission land, a…
The report is mostly printed in Heidenbote 1880, pp43-44. Additional points: He gives the figure of 8 people who had broken with fetishism in Otumi. He also lists the catechumens over and above those mentioned in the printed portion of the report -…
Reports the deportation and imprisonment of Ata in Lagos. Knows nothing about his successor unfortunately the Christian branch of the family is too a young-- the oldest is 16 and in the school in Akropong. He reckons the work in Kibi will be hindered…
In the chapel building he had only one skilled assistant - the rest of the people had to be taught e.g. shingling. He himself was busy with the stone-breaking and building in swish. One woman has to be excluded for adultery, and another suspended…
The report is partly printed in Heidenbote 1880, pp90-91. Additional information: He describes Asuum as the same size as Begoro, and names the Ashanti town which one reaches after 1.5 days from Asuum Oboku. Several months before a fetish priest had…
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