Remarks that it makes him sad to see land which god did not create to be empty unpeopled and uncultivated, and that the Akems export only Kopal varnish to the coast. Having met the chief and elders of Kibi he writes that several are well-disposed to…
The Christians had only at the end of 1865 decided to settle themselves on Mission Land. Teacher Ewyi is a Kukurantumi man, and though he has many good qualities is too timid about getting into conflict with Kukurantumi families to exercise proper…
Statistics - Christaller and Eisenschmid in Kibi with their wives, Kromer at Kukurantumi. Chr. Asante is the catechist at Kibi, Kromer is assisted by teacher Andreas Ewyi. At Kibi Jonathan Palmer is Christaller's language informant. At Kibi the…
Includes a short section on Kibi. It refers to Abraham Atitsogbe, who bought the slave of an Asante who was killed in the recent fighting between Asante and Akim for 3 dollars. He then made her his wife, with the concurrence of the missionaries,…
Reports that when it was announced that the they were to run a boarding school Atta immediately asked how much the boys would receive for attending, and when told that they would get board and clothing issued the following laws: That no-one was to…
Kromer reports that the chiefs of Begoro, Asiakwa and Kukurantumi have visited them more than once. The Asiakwa chief named Diedu is not loved by the Okyenhene whom he often openly accuses. His town and the villages under it are more open to the…
He reckons to have seen a much greater interest in the content of their teaching evidencing: A visit to Asiakwa where the grey-haired elders asked questions about the meaning of points in his preaching - and the younger elders professed to be largely…
Kukurantumi school had to be closed when Burckhardt was brought to Kibi to be given special supervision. He had been trying to teach with heavy punishments what he hardly knew himself, being little gifted, and having lost much of the knowledge with…
Kromer has had a wife on the station since early in the year - she was seriously ill at first, but otherwise they have been in good health with fevers, but not seriously. Concerning Catechist Asante Eisenschmid writes that ‘he has experienced the…
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