1st Edition

Travels and Life in Ashanti and Jaman

By Richard Austin Freeman Copyright 1967
    584 Pages
    by Routledge

    584 Pages
    by Routledge

    First published in 1898, this is an account of a journey from Gold Coast to Bontukmu by a medical officer. He describes the journey and the interior, makes observations on dress, the prevalance of malaria, and commerce in the area.

    Chapter 1 The Beginning of the Journey; Chapter 2 Adansi and Bekwe; Chapter 3 The Dense Forest; Chapter 4 Kumasi; Chapter 5 North Ashanti; Chapter 6 Soku; Chapter 7 Arrival at Bontúku; Chapter 8 Bontúku; Chapter 9 Life in Bontúku; Chapter 10 Discords; Chapter 11 Mount Knutsford; Chapter 12 Farewell to Bontúku; Chapter 13 Kumasi Revisited; Chapter 14 Observations upon Dress and Personal Ornament in the Region Described; Chapter 15 England and Ashanti; Chapter 16 England and Ashanti; Chapter 17 A Chapter on Malaria; Chapter 18 The Commercial Outlook;

    Biography

    Richard Austin Freeman