David Asante

**David Asante** (dɔgebo 23 December 1834 – 13 October 1892) O wa eɛ  philologist, linguist, gan-leɛre a ko kɔmboŋ kɔkɔre noba. O naŋ wa la a neɛ a yi soba na yi a Afrika paaloŋ a nyɛ o zannoo a  Europe ne a Basel Mission a yi a Americo-Liberian puo-puoro zie, George Peter Thompson. Asante  meŋ nsda wa la neɛ naŋ toŋ peɛle a German missionary ane philologist, Johann Gottlieb Christaller kyɛ tu a meŋɛ kɔkɔre, Theophilus Opoku, Jonathan Palmer Bekoe, ane Paul Staudt Keteku la soŋ leɛre a ŋmen-gane eŋ a kɔmboŋ kɔkɔre poɔ.

## Nyɔvore Piiluu Ane Gan-Zanne
left|thumb|194x194px|David Asante, Basel

## O Tonɔ la Toma Kyaare Ne Kɔmbone Kɔkɔre (Twi)
Onaŋ da tõɔ ŋmene Toma baare a  Gyadam, Asante da iri o la gaa ne a Akropong paaloŋ ka o te wuli a noba a ŋmene yelnoore a paaloŋ na poɔ bonso Johann Gottlieb Christaller be la be amaŋ nare ka o wuli kɔmboŋ kɔkɔre a noba. Onaŋ la da soŋ Christaller ka ba leɛre a ŋmen-yelnoɔ-gane eŋ a kɔmboŋ kɔkɔre. David Asante meŋ wulo a noba kyaare yel-kaama ne a kɔmboŋ kɔkɔre. Yelkaama ama zaa was poɔɛ la a Germany yipɔge, ka noba zaa na baŋ ka o e  *Kapa yipɔge, ane* ,John Bunyan’s *Pilgrim’s Progress*, la maŋ yeli yele kyaare neŋ noba laafeɛloŋ yɛlɛ. Yɛlɛ mine ba naŋ leɛre eŋ a kɔmboŋ kɔkɔre poɔ la  "*Man’s Heart*, *Satan’s Abode* ane *Ancient Heathenism of Germany*, an exposé of Germanic pagan rituals.  O naŋ la wane a  Twi hymn, *“Wiase yi nya hyew a, nnipa nyinaa”* gbɛɛ yaga kuori ziiri ka ba maŋ yiele a yieli ama.  A hymn naŋ maŋ baare ne  "end of the world” wulo la teŋɛ baaroo a lanyiri-soŋ nyɔvore poɔ.Judgement Day in Christian eschatology.

## Toma Mine
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* Christaller, J. G., **Asante, David**, Opoku, Theophilus (1871) *“Anyamesem anase Kyerew Kronkron Apam-dedaw ne Apam-foforo nsem wo Twi kasa mu” (“The Holy Bible translated from the original tongues into the Twi language”)*, Basel
* **Asante, David**, Christaller, J. G.  (1872), “*Kristofo Nyamesam ho Kyere”* *(“The Doctrine of the Christian Religion”*), Basel, (Twi translation)
* **Asante, David** (1872) “*Kapa History*,” Basel (Twi translation)
* **Asante, David** (1873) “*Abofra Ayisaa Nhoma Bi”* (“The Orphan’s Letter”) by Oguyomi of Ibadan, booklet, Basel (Twi translation)
* **Asante, David** (1874) “*Onipa Koma” (“Man’s Heart”)*, Basel
* **Asante, David** (1874) “*Wiase abasem mu nsemma-nsemma wo Twi kasa mu”* *(“Stories from General History”)*, Basel, translated from German into Twi, 2nd revised and augmented edition edited by J. G. Christaller, Basel, 1893
* **Asante, David** (1875) “*Germane Asase So Krisosto”* *(“Christianity in Germany”)*, Basel (Twi translation)
* **Asante, David** (1912) “*Twi Kenkan Nhoma”* *(“Twi Reading Book”)*, Books I-IV, 5th ed., Basel
* **Asante, David** “*Okristoni Akwantu”* *(“Pilgrim’s Progress”)* by John Bunyan, Basel, (Twi translation)
* **Asante, David**,*“Wiase yi nya hyew a, nnipa nyinaa”* PHB Twi Hymn 832

## Meŋɛ Nyɔvooroŋ
A yuoni July 28, 1864, David Asante kulee o pɔge Lydia Martha Otuwa, A pɔge eɛ  Ga  pɔge a yi  Osu, Accra, o eɛ karema a be bipɔgeba sakuuri a Abokobi.  Ba taa la biiri pie ne yeni ba kultaa poɔ. couple had eleven children.

## Kūū
A yuoni October 1892 piiluu poɔ, o da kpie gbɛre ne nuu ba naŋ da puori baare a  he Christ Presbyterian Church poɔ na be a o teŋa, Akropong.  O kpi la a yuoni  13 October 1892.  O da yelee yɛlɛ mine a baaloŋ gado zu, "N toŋ la n toma baare, n boɔra ka n nyɛ pɛnnoo na koŋ baŋ baare". His words on his dying bed were, *“I have finished my course, I am only expecting an everlasting rest”*.

## Yelkaama gama

* J.G. Christaller (1875), “*A Grammar of the Asante and Fante Language Called Tshi (Twi, Chee) Based on the Akuapem Dialect With Reference to Other (Akan and Fante) Dialects*,” Basel
* J.G. Christaller (1881) “*A Dictionary of the Asante and Fante Language Called Tshi (Chwee, Twi)*,” Basel,  2nd revised edition, edited by J. Schweizer, published as “*Dictionary of the Asante and Fante Languages called Tshi (Twi)*,” Basel, 1933
* Debrunner, H. W. (1967), “*A History of Christianity in Ghana*,” Accra
* Keteku, H. K*.* (1965) *“David Asante and Theophilus Opoku*,” Accra: Waterville Publishing House
* Keteku, H. K. (1965), “*The Reverend David Asante*,” Accra: Waterville Publishing House
* Schlatter, W. (1916) “*Geschichte der Basler Mission 1815-1915”* *(“History of the Basel Mission”)*, Basel,
* Smith, N. (1966) “*The Presbyterian Church of Ghana 1835-1960*,” Accra
* Articles by David Asante in “*The Christian Messenger*,” between 1883 and 1890, Basel

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