The Kwahu boys who had gone to a middle school were apparently John Kwasi Wiredu, Daniel Kwadwo Bre, David Kweku Fori, Immanuel Kofi Adakwa. The first was expelled, the other three had run away. Tschopp reports much opposition to schooling in Abetifi…
Part 2 and Part 3 of the report are in the numbers 42 and 45. He feels the town of Anum larger and finer than it was when he was there before the Asante war. In Boso the community consist of 50 adults – the men were exclusively young men in their…
In an appendix to this report written by Müller it seems Hall wrote a Twi script for the Christian Messenger, of which the report in the correspondence is a German translation. He justifies writing a report about a district other people have visited…
Part 1 of the report is in number 41, Part 3 in number 45. Anum-Boso together with their villages may number 6000 people. In Anum several of the people who had been Christians before the destruction of the station are still to be found among its…
Part 1 and Part 2 of the report are in the numbers 41 and 42. In Botoku the fetish in the house where they slept was a shrub, beneath which stood a bowl of water. One of the Müller’s companions asked someone living in the house why he did not cut it…
He returned to Begoro from Acora with a military escort oh 16th February Previously after much effort Simonds had persuaded Ata to leave for Accra on January 8th, a few days previously Bosompem and the two other accused had been taken to the coast…
It is conderned with administrative details especially in connection with the activities of the local agents. Anoff apparently arrived in Aburi only on 13th February, and has been given a 6 week vacation. The two schools were being carried on in…
He remarks that Akrofi is Ofori's uncle, chief of Late currently under investigation. Eisenschmid regards him as having much to blame in the Akim disturbances for not having accepted Mohr's instructions, though he is now better disposed.
A contemporary report of the Middle School pupils' wish to leave Begoro in middle March. One of Sitzler's tactics was to warn the teachers that if the pupils went away the mission would having nothing for them to do and they would go onto 1/3 pay.…
He complains about Mohr's having criticised him in public. The agents' side had felt it a provocation that - according to this letter - Mohr had accused them of instigating the school boys to want to run easy because they were themselves afraid. He…
The reactions are not unanimous; Eisenschmid takes Mohr‘s part, but Jos. Müller points out that they do not know whether or not the agents are prevented from returning to their posts by the orders of the military or their own fears, and if the former…
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