A happy year - the total of the community in Kwahu stands at 219. Abetifi - Personnel - the Weber family arrived in the course of the year. The 22 Abetifi Christians baptised in July included several older people, and several wives of previously…
By the end of the year the numbers in the Boarding part of the school are 18 - and there were 21 day boys. (This is a considerable change from earlier when the numbers of day boys were usually c. 7) Discusses briefly the difficulty they have because…
Without further remark Tschopp reports meeting two Mohammedans when he was en route for Peteko. The plant used to stun the fish in the Afram is carried there 'in loads' when it is needed. In Pepease there had been a fire which had destroyed the roofs…
Gives the monthly expenditure for chop money as £1=8=0 (=35 Francs) - divided among 20 of the 25 boys in the Boarding School. Discussing the work in the school, Tschopp is most satisfied with the learning of biblical texts and hymns. Arithmetic has…
Part of this report is printed as an appendix to the 1890 Annual Report (pp83ff). Additional material: In Mpraeso, where preaching has been like pouring water on the rocks, there were 4 adults and 3 children baptised in June. In the Abetifi baptism…
This is a translation of a Twi report of Philip Kwabi's dated 5 June 1890 on his work in Asante Akyem. He had been preaching in 32 Asante Aykem and 7 Kumawu villages. In Asankara on his way from Mpraeso to Bompata (on first going into the area to…
Much of this report is published as an appendix to the 1891 Annual Report, pp 52ff. Additional material: Botoku, like Kpando, is pressing hard for a school. Summarising his assessment of the significance of development, Müller writes that this does…
Discussing Gyadu, Clerk writes that he was meek and lovable, though never properly loved and respected by the Anum community. Clerk offers as explanation for this the fact that he never quite got over his old weakness for drink, and when he had drunk…
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