1891 was a peaceful year in Kwahu, and they were able to carry on their work without political interruptions. In Abetifi 34 adults and 18 children were baptised. 5 adults were excluded for sins of coarseness and the flesh. One woman who had come onto…
He presents the school as the answer to the bad influence of idleness in which he sees children passing their days, and says that though Ramseyer in his addresses is always stressing the usefulness of schooling in his contacts with people, and though…
The report is printed in two installments in the Heidenbote 1892 - p17f and p30f. Only one point is omitted - that he had very recently news that the Asante chief Yaw Sapong had threatened to fight the Asante Akims, and indeed some skirmishing had…
A further short report on Asante Akim. The chief of Asante Akim has recently asked him to write on his behalf to the Governor, asking to be taken into the English protectorate. Ramseyer has hopes that this will happen, since Ateobu has recently been…
The mission owns land in Anum, Toseng, Boso, Kpaleme, Ntwumuru, but has no land in Tsate, Vakpo, Amfoe, Kpando, Worawoaa, and though in Tsate the Christian village is described as community property this may well refer only to the houses. Kpando has…
They met a Christian family in Worawora who were of great help in settling the Clerks, but 6d a day was too little for the Worawora people to work on the building of a new house, and Clerk had to have workers sent up from Anum. There has been a…
He reports a general lack of positive response in Worawora - none of the promised help with the building of a hut or school shelter, and general confusion as to who they are teachers, merchants, or officials. He has heard some young men audibly…
He reports several anthropological points and is an account of beliefs about leopards in Nkonya and procedures to be followed when one is killed. There is also a description of a case of a man who feared a rejected fetish was taking possession of…
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