Part of the report is printed in the Annual Report 1894, pp. 57ff. In the course of the year a large schoolhouse with two rooms was built for the Boarding School, also, a sleeping room for the boarding pupils. In Bompata there are several houses on…
Reports that war has been going on for months between the Asantes and Nkoranza. Nkoranza has asked Krakye Dente for help, and now Krakye Dente has twice asked Buem for assistance, though Buem is refusing, Clerk appears to connect this with the…
The report is partly printed in Heidenbote 1893 pp90ff. The article is giving a balanced lecture of slavery and the Volta slave trade, though this part of it is not taken from Rösler.
Paints the picture of the pressures of debt and the sources of debt. He offers as one example a Toseng Christian Moses a man in the prime of life, still working off a £5 fine he suffered after committing adultery in his heathen days by working for…
Reports on the life of the Missios House in Anum. They have 14 boys living with them, 6 from Gyakiti the rest from other areas. This is an unusually large number, since they have difficulty arranging to pay them all etc. With them they have planned a…
A continuation of his reports on Buem customs. Hunter’s dance: This takes place when a young hunter kills any of the larger animals - e.g. a buffalo. He must send the flesh home before returning himself, and when he does return, he must stay in the…
In the course of the year Missionary Martin travelled to Europe. Missionary Obrecht was posted to Aburi, and Missionary Lehmann posted to Anum. Among their local assistants Assistant Catechist Ruben Kwame was transferred from Tsate to Gyasekan, and…
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