A long-standing woman member of the community had had to be excluded for 'falling' with an excluded man and refusing to live with her husband - Perregaux had in time past held her up as an example. She was part of a reduction .of 4 in the Abetifi…
There are more than 100 children in the Abetifi schools. Jost comments on the monitor in charge of the younger forms 'his method reminds one often of the schoolmaster of times past. His teaching is very much a matter of drilling, rather than drawing…
This is partly printed as an annex to the 1898 Annual Report pp 51.52. Additional material: The Obrechts arrived early in the year to take over from the Haasis family, due to go on leave. The Mission Festival in 1897 was held in Nkwatia at the same…
In this half year there were 106 pupils - the first time the numbers had passed 100 - and the building put up in 1894 is already too small. 26 of this number are girls, 65 boys in the boarding section. Of the boys whose home is in Abetifi 20 have…
Includes his outline plans for the Evangelists’ School. He has found few people living as simple Christians with some earlier education - he names the three as Chr. Kwasi Bo from Abetifi, Jos. Obeng from Kukurantumi, Imm. Badu from Akim Akropong. All…
Reports, up to September, a serious drought, with foodstuff being brought into Abetifi from many hours away. He himself ascribes the lack of rain to the cutting down of the forest in Kwahu, partly in pursuit of food farms (the average length of work…
In mid-January Missionary Kirchner had arrived in Kumasi as a builder-brother, partly against the advice of Müller and against his instructions to remain in Abetifi, but with the encouragement of Mohr, and because he knew of Ramseyer's difficult…
Detailing the stationing of local agents of the mission posted to Asante. Teacher Mensa - to Kwaso, where he has received a friendly reception. Teacher Isaac Tete to Ahenkurow, though to date he has not been able to set up a school through the…
It considers the impact on the Kumasi building plans of the very high cost of building in Kumasi and includes the point that in order to try to improve the supply of water for the station, Ramseyer had had a well sunk 20' in a neighbouring valley,…
In a postscript dd. 26 May 1897 Ramseyer reports the news of Samory and the death of Ferguson, writing briefly that there is a wish broad in Asante that Samory might free them from the English, and nothing that there are very few troops in Kumasi. …
Report of a missionary journey south and east of Kumasi. The bulk of is printed in Le Missionaire 1897, pp70-71. Additional material: The paths were on the whole well-kept. He visited Juaso (Dweso) now ruled by the queen-mother and some elders in…
He has asked the British Government for financial assistance over the orphanage he is running for slave children. There is a letter from Ramseyer in the Sklavenfreund pp162-165 dd. 14 June 1897, reporting on the situation in the freed slave colony,…
Throughout the second part of 1896 and the first part of 1897 there is a running struggle going on between Ramseyer and the Gold Coast Standing Committee over the supply of more staff for Asante. In 1896 this was particularly concerned with the…
The Governor has explained that while the English Government has provision for assisting slaves freed on the sea, there is no provision for assisting slaves freed on land – however he made a (presumably personal) donation of £20. He was present at a…
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