Reporting a rumour from Kumasi that not only has Kwaku Dua died of small-pox, but Owusu Koko has accused Karikari of being the cause of this and as a result he has been executed.
More detailed information on the journey of exploration to Salaga. He describes the Anum-Boso district as containing 6-7,000 inhabitants - perhaps 10,000 if you include the Ewe speaking villages in the Boao valley, Parema, To and Tonko. While in the…
Müller is the District Praeses (chairman). Proposing the stationing of Basel Mission personnel in Nkonya and other districts. In the first part of the letter Miller argues that there is spare missionary strength on the Gold Coast available for work…
Reporting a semi-formal request from the Agogo king for a teacher. He remarks that the Agogos, like the Kwahu and Asante have drunk fetish that now they serve the white man. Ramseyer adds a subscript that until there is certain peace between the…
Another annex to Kwabi’s report. This is written from Aburi - Ramseyer is grieved that Dilger does not write to him as his superior, and to find out about the Agogo expedition. He (Ramseyer) was forced to write direct to Kwabi and enquire why he has…
This is an annex to a report in English from Ph. Kwabi over his 7 week absence from Mpraeso in connection with an attempt to conciliate in a dispute between the Agogos and the Asante Akims which seemed on the point of breaking out into war - in fact…
Report over the stationing of Catechist Afwireng in Obo. Apparently land still had not been purchased in Obo. When introducing Afwireng to the Obo chief the question was asked (on the chief's side) what was to happen if a slave became a Christian?…
Part of this report is printed as an appendix to the 1885 Annual Report p66. There is some additional material however. He first went to Bepong a little over a year ago and was surprised by the exceptional attentiveness of the people. Following this…
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