Folder containing 4 items, all of them concerning the editing of a hymn-book in the Twi language (discussions about the usefulness of a hymn-book with tunes etc.)
Orthography of the Twi language. Contains 26 items, mainly letters written by D. Westermann of the International Institute for African Languages and Cultures, London (Internationales Institut für Afrikanische Sprachen und Kulturen), addressed to…
Letter commenting on Martinson's "Outline of a Common Script for the Akan languages". Written in English. Plus 5 items about the pronunciation and change in the writing of Twi words.
Cardboard folder containing documents dealing with the differences between A. Riis (BV 124) and the Danish Governor 1836-1838 (II. 1-10) and his leaving the mission in 1846 (II a).
3 typescripts on the mission church in Ghana. By I. Bello], 1915 and 1918. 28 pages plus 24 pages, and a handwritten essay on the same subject by F. Renz, 1918 (?)
Most of them written in Ghana during World War I, some correspondence with colonial authorities. Amongst the documents is a copy of a speech by Sir F. G. Guggisberg on the events in Ghana 1920-1926 and the prospects for 1927/1928, touching on the…
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