Carl Christian Reindorf

**Carl Christian Reindorf** (31 May 1834 – 1 July 1917) da e la Euro-African-born pioneer historian, teacher, farmer, trader, physician ande pastor na tona neŋ a Basel Mission a Gold Coast. O sɛge la dasaŋa yele kyaare a *Gold Coast ane Asante ne* Ga kɔkɔre; Ganzanneba nyԑ la a gane ka o soma ne "saakommo yeltare" toma a meŋ soma kyaare a Ghana dasaŋa yele.  A yele da wa ta la saŋa kaŋa a leɛre eŋ Bɔrefɔ poɔ a taa deteroo a 1895 a Switzerland. o toŋ ne la saakommo yelsɛgere ane yelyelle, a peɛre noba naŋ na baŋ ta 200 o na da boɔrɔ a bɔ a dasaŋa yele lantaa.

## O Nyɔvooroŋ Yele

### Nyɔvooroŋ piiluu ane sakuuri
Reindorf dɔgebo zie da la Prampram, Gold Coast, Abɛ kaaŋ koɔroŋ zie ka a o e a biyeni yoŋ ko Carl Christian Reindorf Hackenburg (1806–1865), na e sogya kyԑlԑԑ ko-Danish heritage, ane Hannah Anowah Ama Cudjoe Reindorf (1811-1902), na e  Ga a yi Kinka, Dutch Accra. Carl Reindorf's da tona la sogya toma a Osu Danish garrison kyɛ da wa leɛ e English merchant, Joshua Ridley na da kuli Reindorf's beԑre na kori gaŋ o, Anna. Reindorf's saakoma, Augustus Frederick Hackenburg da e la Danish merchant na da gaa Gold Coast a 1739 a da wa ta wagere kaŋa e colonial Governor, a da bare a tonnoɔre 1748. Ona da e bibile, o da kpeɛrɛ ne la ritual servitude a fetish shrine, *Digbla* of *Gbugla* *la a o ma* Ga-Dangme saakommo poɔ. O na da piili a o shrine, o da piili la a o sakuuri ne Danish kɔkɔre sakuuri na be Christiansborg Castle yi 1842 te tɔ 1847.  A o sakubitaaba da a Hesse yɔɔpuule mine: Pauline Hesse, na e nakoɔŋ neɛ ane missionary-pɔge,  a kuli Jamaican Moravian ganzanna, Alexander Worthy Clerk (1820-1906), yele mine paale a Regina Hesse (1832-1898),  pioneer wulwullo ane school principal na kuli Hermann Ludwig Rottmann, na e a Basel missionary-trader dɛndɛŋ soba  a be a Basel Mission Trading Company na be Christiansborg, Gold Coast.  O da la kyogee a o sakuuri a Basel Mission School na be Osu yi 1847 ane 1855. O da de la kritaaloŋ suori 1844. O poɔ ba pɛlle ne a  sakuuri karekɔlm, O da wa tasoga bare sakuuri yi nakoɔŋ yeltaare naŋ̍ wuli ka a saabile da e la yɛryɛrɛɛ yuomo ayi yi a 1850 te ta 1852. A wagere ŋa saŋa, o da maŋ ŋmaa la a Volta baa koɔŋ ka o di a  Ewe noba daa. A o teekyare kaŋa a catechismda la a German philologist, Johannes Zimmermann (1825-1876) na da taa yɛŋ leɛre wuluu yaga kyaare a noba naŋ yele o yelfaare ane dasaŋa yeltare.

### Christian tonnoɔre
Carl Reindorf da e la mission potuuro ko Basel missionary, August Steinhauser a da toŋ administrative toma ko a Odumase-Krobo  ka o pɔge a namine nakpoŋ̍, Odonkor Azu, o bie, te paale Sir Emmanuel Mate Kole, da nyɛ la wuluu yi Basel Mission. Reindorf la da leɛre Steinhauser a Abokobi a da e missionary, yi a yeltuuri na be a 1854 bombardment na be a Christiansborg yi British naval ship *H. M. S.* *Scourge,* yi a poll tax riots puoriŋ̍*,* de a mission yineŋ̍ a Osu te ko Abokobi. A saakommo ko Abokobi shaman, *Akoto Badu* of *Agbowo*,  da leɛre la gaa Christianity o na da zeŋ̍ a be. Ba da iri o la gaane Krobo a 1859 ka o te e potuuroi ko Johannes Zimmermann.  O meŋ da e la missionary a be Teshie kyԑ da ba toɔ di a Christian leɛroo. Reindorf da e la neԑ na tona daadaa a kaakyiisi toma a 1857. A 1869, ba da vootu o iri ka o e a presbyter ane assistant superintendent ko a *Christiansborg Church*, pampana na e Ebenezer Presbyterian Church, Osu. A 13 October 1872 o da e la minisa ko Basel mission.

### Toma kyaare fisisean ane koɔbo
De la o yɛŋŋ teɛroŋ tere kyaare ne saakommo teeŋ maaloo, na nyɛ bammo yine sori tuubu a Gold Coast, Reindorf  da toŋɛɛ fisisean toma ane sogyare na pɛre wɛroŋ yi a 1870 zɔɔre na da kpɛ a Ga ane Akwamu noba soga. Yuomo anaare poɔ, o da la toŋ la a laafeeloŋ toma ama a 1866 zɔɔre a Dangmes na be a Ada ane a Awuna Ewe noba. Bareka puoruu kyaare ne a pɛrebo sannoo kyaare ne a Ga-Akwamu zɔɔre, ona la da de a saataasin ba na da maale ko o na yi a Administrator zie (1867–1872) kyɛ da ta wagere kaŋa yi a Governor (1879 -1880), H. T. Ussher yi waabo yaane kpaaroŋ tigiri na da e Lagos, Nigeria.

O meŋ maŋ kɔ la coffee ne wɛgyamaa zie kaŋa o naŋ boɔlɔ ka  "Hebron"  na peɛle a Adenkrebi  na ba e toɔre ne  Aburi.

## Meŋɛ Nyɔvooroŋ
A 1856, Carl Reindorf kulee Juliana Ayikai Mansah Djebi na yi yiri kaŋa yuori na di *Asere*. Djebi  da nyɛ la European-zannoo parɛɛ kaŋa, a kpeԑrԑ ne Marie Locher, na da e missionary pɔge a be Christiansborg. Ba da taa la biiri bayɔpoi te paale ne Gold Coast fisisean ane 1910 laafeeloŋ̍ zanzanna na da be Durham University, Dr. Charles Elias Reindorf, o da kpie la 1968

## Kuuŋ ane Bontare
Carl Reindorf  kpi la Naaŋmene kuu a 1 July 1917. A naa ane a o noba na be a Osu da maale la a o kuori *"ka o sereŋ̍ senne lɛ na senne* ane *"ane noba na wa a kuori da e la gyamaa neɛ zaa naŋ kombaŋ ba noɔre" A messa maaloo poɔ*, Basel Mission pastors bayoɔbo, a paale a o minisa taaba na be a Ga, Jeremias Engmann (1840–20), W. A. Quartey ba na da vootu ka o da e a Moderator ko a Presbyterian Church a be a Gold Coast yi 1925 te ta 1929 a meŋ̍ paale a Ludwig L. Richter ane Samuel Wuta Ofei (1850–22) la da kanne a eulogies.Ba da uuŋ o la Basel Mission kuuni uumo zie na be a Accra ane a o epitaph kannoo, *"native pastor ane historian"*. A commemorative plaque na be a sanctuary a Ebenezer Presbyterian Church, Osu da sereŋ taa la a o dasaŋa yele teԑre. A church meŋ da le la a chapel yaaroŋ, a *Carl Christian Reindorf Auditorium* kyaare ne a o kyieroŋ̍ a church poɔ, dasaŋa ae teŋ̍ɛ. Reindorf's yuori meŋ̍ da la saae la a tablet zuŋ̍ na beŋ̍ a chapel listing pioneering missionaries of Osu yiibu zie, yi a sommo kyaare sakuuri yeltare ko a Presbyterian faith na be a Ghana.

A Carl Reindorf Park, na e bɔlŋmeɛbo zie a be Dansoman na da e yiri bezie ko a Gaanean bɔlŋmɛ kpaaroŋ Liberty Professionals ka ba da pore ne a o yuori ka a e gyerema mine.
## Toma
*Reindorf, Carl Christian (1895, 1966), Dakoroŋ̍ kyaare *Gold Coast ane Asante,* Basel.
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