Theophilus Opoku
Theophilus Herman Kofi Opoku (1842 – 7 July 1913) e la Akan bal, leɛleɛrɛ, philologist, kankanna aneŋ missionary faara naŋ yie African a die pastor a Gold Coast poɔ a ko Basel Mission a yuoni 1872 poɔ.[1] [2][3][4][5][6][7]Opoku neɛ German missionary aneŋ philologist Johann Gottlieb Christaller aneŋ Akan linguists, David Asante, Jonathan Palmer Bekoe, aneŋ Paul Staudt Keteku da lantaa era Bible muni a gaa ne kombong kɔkɔre.[5][7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15]
Nyɔvore Piile Aneŋ Sakuuri Gaabo Yɛlɛ
[maaleŋ | Maale eŋ yizie]Theophilus Opoku dɔgebo bebiri yuoni la a 1842, O yie Akropong naŋ be Akuapem, a yiri toori seŋe tu e la 48 km (30 miles) north a ga la Accra. [1][2][3][5]Nana Yaw Darko, la o ba. A ba da e la naa kyieme a ko namine nakpong aneŋ Nana Akua Korantema.[16] Yaw Darko da e practitioner a ko Akan saakonnong Nwine pɔɔribo. O nabale da e la naa kpoŋ a ko Akropong, Omanhene, Nana Addo Dankwa.[1] [2][3][5]Opoku da la gaa la sakuuri a wa e missionary. [1][2][3]A yuoni 1851 poɔ la ka o da gaa primary sakuuri naŋ be Akropong.[1] [2][3]O da wa e la deŋdeŋ a ko Basel missionary, Rev. J. Mader a 1852 poɔ.[1] [2] [3][5]Opoku da kpɛ la dɔgɛɛ yaga zaa poɔ a kyaare ne a daŋweɛ toma. [1][2][3][5]O da e la baptised a 6 Gyenoore 1856 poɔ.[1][2][3][5]
O da kpɛ la Basel Mission Seminary naŋ be Akropong a yuoni 1858 poɔ a te daare Greek, Hebrew, Latin, dogmatics, homiletics, theology aneŋ pedagy.[1] [2][3][5]O da la taa la sikiri baaloŋ ana saŋa neɛ ka be la da vein ka o laafeeloŋ yɛlɛ da sigi la. Ba da gaane tɛɛŋsagiraa zie naŋ be Adenya, kɔɔraa kaŋa naŋ be Akropong. [16]O da e la yuoni aneŋ severe ana tɛɛ ne zee. Ba da begɔɔ a yie kɔɔŋ nɔɔbɔŋ.[16] A baaloŋ ŋa da vein la ka Opoku da bare a zannoo.[1][2][3][5]
Missionary Yɛlɛ Aneŋ O Kiristo Toma
[maaleŋ | Maale eŋ yizie]O da wa e la bibiiri karema a ko Mamfe sakuuri kaŋa naŋ be Akropong. [1][2] [3][5] O da la e la catechist a Larteh, [9]south naŋ be Akropong saŋa ne o baaroŋ ne naŋ da dɔge o. [1][2][3] Saŋa ne o naŋ da be Larteh la ka o da baŋ ka noba ne naŋ be bi ba e kiristo biiri ka be la da vein ka o da buura ka kiristo European missionary da wa be a yiri.[1] [2][3]Fee da vein la ka o da leɛ gaa Akropong.[1][2] [3][5]Ba da la gaane Basel missionary, Johann G. Widmann.[1][2] [3] A poɔreŋ la ka o da la gaa Larteh a te soŋ mission toma naŋ be beɛ.[1] [2][3]Ana saŋa ne a noba da sage la a mission yɛlɛ diɛ a kyaare ne saŋa ne o naŋ da yele ko a yiri bagabaga ka teeɛ kaŋa na lee koɔ o la ka o da ba sage kyɛ ka bela da e.[1] [16]A yɛlɛ na da vein la ka Larteh noba zaa da to o pore boŋ so ba sage o la di.[1][2][3]
A yuoni 1868 poɔ la ka kiristo biiri bayi da koɔ dogebo kaŋa naŋ da e a yiri saakonnoo ka bela da vein ka ba da bege a kiristo biiri zaa ka ba ta die siimaa bee kɔɔbo a yiri.[4] Ba da maŋ gaa la yiri kaŋa ba naŋ bɔŋa Amanokrom a te die siimaa aneŋ koɔ.[4] A pɔɔriŋ la ka Opoku da te suri a yiri naa ka o da sage ka ba dire simaa ne koɔ a yiri. [4]Yuoni 1868 poɔ la ka ba da begi Mamfe noba ka ba ta la kpɛ la kiristo.[4] Bipɔge ba ayi da kpɛ la kiristo a youni (c. 1845 – 1928) poɔ.[4]Opoku, da ko boŋ Germanic youri ka ana la , Wilhelmine aneŋ Maria. [4]Ba da dɔgeri ba a waana saŋa ne British colonial Governor naŋ da wa diriba bare.[4]
A Saptembere 1872 bebiri fara daari, la ka Johann G. Widmann, aneŋ Gold Coast historian, Carl Christian Reindorf aneŋ Jamaican Moravian missionary, Alexander Worthy Clerk a da lantaa ko Theophilus Opoku minista a kyaare ne Basel mission. [1][2][3][5]Saŋa ne o naŋ da e kiristo ministry ne, o da gaa la yiri jemaa. Ka miŋe la Togoland aneŋ Northern Territories naŋ be Gold Coast a 1877 poɔ.[1] [2][3][5]O da sege la segele mineɛ saŋa ne o naŋ da be Salaga a youni 1884 poɔ.[1] [5]Ana segele ŋa Yele zɔɔ la ka Gonja noba dɔŋɛɛ deebɔ, silaamɛɛ Yele aneŋ trans-Saharan slave trade. [1][5]O baaloŋ saŋa la ka o da yeŋ “Ohoho ne mamfrani na meye wo fam ha”.[1][5]A youni 1877, la ka ba da irɔɔ gaa ne Kukurantumi naŋ be Akyem Abuakwa saŋa ne o Naŋ da ŋaa.[1] [5]A 1884 la ba da la gaa no , Adukrom, north naŋ be Akropong a da la gaa no Mamfe a 1891 yuoni neɛ poɔ.[1][5]Ba da la gaa no o Meŋa yiri, Akropong naŋ da be Twi District a 1899 poɔ.[1][5]
A yuoni 1909, la ka a Local Committee naŋ be Aburi Basel Mission da ko Opoku committee memba, [16]ka o na da na la African fara naŋ da taa aŋa toma ne. [16]O da zaare aŋa toma ne o baare la a kiristo toma zaa a yuoni 1911 ka o da e yuomo 69.[1][5]
Yele Mine Pilaa Toma
[maaleŋ | Maale eŋ yizie]O neŋ David Asante, aneŋ Johann Gottlieb Christallerda lantaa sigi Bible a gaa ne Twi teri.[1] [5][9]O la sigi la saadayele yɛlɛ a twi teri poɔ.Twi.
O Toma Mine
[maaleŋ | Maale eŋ yizie]Opoku toma mine da la :[1][5][8][9][10][16]
- Christaller, J. G., Asante, David, Opoku, Theophilus (1871) “Anyamesem anase Kyerew Kronkron Apam-dedaw ne Apam-foforo nsem wo Twi kasa mu” (“O leɔri a holy Bible a gaa ne Twi teri ”), Basel
- Opoku, Theophilus (1872). “Autobiographic sketch” sege la gama miŋe a ko private collection of the Rev. E. T. Koramoah, Akuropon, Akuapem.
- Opoku, Theophilus (1884) “Extracts from Theophilus Opoku’s diary,” taa la gama jemaa a Christian Messenger, Basel
- Opoku, Theophilus “Ɔhɔho ne mamfrani na meyɛ wɔ fam ha” - "I am a stranger and sojourner in this world" (Presbyterian hymn, PHB 791)
Meŋa Yɛlɛ
[maaleŋ | Maale eŋ yizie]Theophilus Opoku kuli o pɔge fara da la Sophie Nyam a April 1868. Nyam da e la home science aneŋ domestic training a yie German educator aneŋ missionary, Rosina Widmann (née Binder), Johann G. Widmann pɔge.[1] [4][5]A Twi yiele la Ɛhe po na m’agyenkwa wɔ? A yiele muni la ka yieni ka N diera beɛ o yeni ka N diera be. ” Sophia Nyam da sege a yiele. Opoku aneŋ Nyam taa la biiri ba naari : Samuel Ata Obuobisa, Victor Immanuel Bampo, John A. Dako (Mensa), aneŋ Ernestina D. Korantema.[1][4] [5][16]O bidɔɔ fara la , Samuel Opoku ka o dɔge bebiri e Gyɛnoɔre 1869.[1] [4] [5]Saŋa ne ba naŋ da be Larteh la ka o pɔge Sophia a da kpɛɛ kyɛ barɔ o ka be la da ven ka Opoku da ŋeɛ sikiri baalong.[1] [4][5]A youni 1879, poɔ la ka o da la di pɔge kaŋa ba naŋ da bɔna Anna Mary Engmann, a pɔge da e la Euro-African aneŋ Ga karema. Aneŋ yɛlɛ ŋa da ba tuu sori ko a Christiansborg, Osu a coast saŋa. Engmann da taa la asthma baalong ka bela da e tiira yaga zaa a ko a ba yiri demɛ ŋa. [1][4][5]Opoku aneŋ aŋa pɔge ŋa da taa la biiri bata ka ba na la Christian Emmanuel Akufo, Theodor Pratonus Aniapam Aneŋ Mina Asabea. [16]Ba da la taa la bizaara kaŋa ba naŋ da bɔŋa, Jacob Yaw Mose Owusu.[16]
Kuuŋ Aneŋ Koɔre Maaloŋ
[maaleŋ | Maale eŋ yizie]A yuoni 1913 poɔ la ka o da kpee. Saŋa ne Theophilus Opoku aŋ da gaa o cocoa yɔɔ naŋ da be Suhyen la ka baaloŋ da kpɛ o.[1][5] [16]I da moo la ka o da ta Akropong kyɛ ka o da kpee soriŋ. A 6 July 1913 poɔ la ka o da kpee. Christ Presbyterian Church la da e koɔre maaloŋ, Akropong poɔ. 7 July 1913 ka ka Basel missionary ba naŋ da bɔna Nicholas Timothy Clerk a da die o kyeŋ. O da e la District Minister a ko Larteh. A poɔriŋ ka o da wa e Synod Clerk a ko Presbyterian Church naŋ da be a Gold Coast a yie 1918 a wa to 1932.[1][4][5][16][17]
Yɛlɛ O Naŋ Da e Bare
[maaleŋ | Maale eŋ yizie]A Gold Coast yelbangkorong ane pasare, Carl Christian Reindorf (1834 – 1917) manne la yele mine a Basel missionaries naŋ da e a yuoni 1850 aneŋ 1875 poɔ. Theophilus Opoku's nyvoɔri toma mine la:[1][4][5]
“ O waa na laŋtaa Nwini pɔɔrɔ , O waanɛɛ sakuuri gyamaa sakue nyaabo, O leɛre la a mwine yelnoore a yie nasaale a gaa ne kombong tiri. O da leɛ la sakuuri biiri aneŋ kiristo biiri gama a gaa neɛ kombong tiri. O da la soŋ la kɔɔbo yele. Ba da la mɛɛ la mwine yiri ka kaakyiisiri pasare da e a nymbe dɛɛra a yuoni 1868 aneŋ a 1878 poɔ. A duoruu kyaare 1879 yeli ka: Revs. Alexander Clerk, Christian Reindorf ane Theophilus Opoku da neɛ pɔgebo a yie a kometee
Saadayele
[maaleŋ | Maale eŋ yizie]- Debrunner, H. W. (1967) “A kiristo biiri yele naŋ pare a Gaana paaloŋ poɔ.”, Accra: Waterville de-eng yiri.
- Iheanacho, Maureen O. (2013).Christianising a Heathen Theophilus Opoku's Mission ane Minisare a yuomo pie ne anii sanga Gold Coast Amara zaane CSL[18]
- Iheanacho, Maureen O. (2014). "Theophilus Opoku, Indigenous Paseta ane Missionary Theologian, 1842-1913." Sub Saharan de-eng.
Sommo Yizie
[maaleŋ | Maale eŋ yizie]- ↑ 1.00 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04 1.05 1.06 1.07 1.08 1.09 1.10 1.11 1.12 1.13 1.14 1.15 1.16 1.17 1.18 1.19 1.20 1.21 1.22 1.23 1.24 1.25 1.26 1.27 1.28 1.29 1.30 1.31 1.32 1.33 1.34 1.35 1.36 Knispel, Martin and Kwakye, Nana Opare (2006). Pioneers of the Faith: Biographical Studies from Ghanaian Church History. Accra: Akuapem Presbytery Press.
- ↑ 2.00 2.01 2.02 2.03 2.04 2.05 2.06 2.07 2.08 2.09 2.10 2.11 2.12 2.13 2.14 2.15 2.16 2.17 2.18 Kwakye, Abraham Nana Opare (2018). "Returning African Christians in Mission to the Gold Coast". Studies in World Christianity. 24 (1). Edinburgh University Press: 25–45. https://doi.org/10.3366%2Fswc.2018.0203
- ↑ 3.00 3.01 3.02 3.03 3.04 3.05 3.06 3.07 3.08 3.09 3.10 3.11 3.12 3.13 3.14 3.15 3.16 3.17 3.18 Ofosu-Appiah, L. H., ed. (1997). The Encyclopaedia Africana Dictionary of African Biography (in 20 Volumes). Volume One Ethiopia-Ghana. New York, NY: Reference Publications Inc.
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- ↑ 7.0 7.1 Keteku, H. J (1965). The Reverends Theophilus Opoku and David Asante. Accra: Waterville Pub. House. https://search.worldcat.org/oclc/796225
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 https://web.archive.org/web/20180528204228/https://dacb.org/stories/ghana/asante-d/
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 9.2 9.3 https://dacb.org/stories/ghana/christaller-johannes/
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 https://dacb.org/stories/ghana/christaller-j/
- ↑ https://books.google.com/books?id=gegArgEACAAJ
- ↑ Iheanacho, Maureen O (2014). Theophilus Opoku--indigenous pastor and missionary theologian, 1842-1913. Legon-Accra, Ghana: Sub Saharan Publishers. ISBN 9789988550608.https://search.worldcat.org/oclc/900794048.
- ↑ Theophilus Opoku--indigenous pastor and missionary theologian, 1842-1913. OCLC https://search.worldcat.org/oclc/900794048.
- ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20180601131458/http://worldcat.org/identities/lccn-n2015240204/
- ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20180601131456/https://www.subsaharanpublishers.com/product/theophilus-opoku/
- ↑ 16.00 16.01 16.02 16.03 16.04 16.05 16.06 16.07 16.08 16.09 16.10 16.11 https://web.archive.org/web/20180530151533/http://amandlanews.com/rev-theophilus-herman-opoku-1842-1913/
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- ↑ https://books.google.com/books?id=7zyjtAEACAAJ
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