Carl Christian Reindorf
| Carl Christian Reindorf | |
|---|---|
| Born |
Carl Christian Reindorf 9 October 1834 Accra, Gold Coast |
| Died |
13 July 1917 Accra, Gold Coast |
| Occupation | Reverend |
| Nationality | British Subject, |
| Ethnicity | Ga |
| Education | Basel Mission |
Carl Christian Reindorf (31 May 1834 – 1 July 1917)[1] was a Ghanaian historian and pastor who worked with the Basel Mission. He wrote The History of the Gold Coast and Ashanti in the Ga language, considered a pioneering work.[2] The work was later translated into English and published 1895 in Switzerland.[1] He used written sources and oral tradition, interviewing more than 200 people in the course of assembling his history.[2]
Biography
Reindorf was born in Prampram, Gold Coast,[1] the son of Carl Hackenburg Reindorf, who was of half-Danish heritage, and Anowah Cudjoe, who was an ethnic Ga from Dutch Accra.[1] He received his early education in mission schools at Osu.[3] On 13 October 1872 he was ordained a minister.[1]
He finished work on his notable work A History of the Gold Coast and Asante in 1889.[1]
Footnotes
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 Ofosu-Appiah, L. H. "Carl Christian Reindorf". Dictionary of African Christian Biography (online ed.). Retrieved 9 January 2012.
- 1 2 Jenkins, Paul. "Reindorf, Carl Christian". Dictionary of African Christian Biography (online ed.).
- ↑ Reindorf & Johnson (2000), p. 139.
Works
- Carl Christian Reindorf, The History of the Gold Coast and Ashanti (1895, 1966).
References
- Reindorf, C.C.; Johnson, Samuel (2000). Jenkins, Paul, ed. The Recovery of the West African Past: African Pastors and African History in the Nineteenth Century. Papers from an International Seminar Held in Basel, Switzerland, 25-28th October 1995 to Celebrate the Centenary of the Publication of C.C. Reindorf's History of the Gold Coast and Asante. Basler Afrika Bibliographien. ISBN 978-3-905141-70-2.
- Jenkins, Raymond (1985). Gold Coast Historians and Their Pursuit of the Gold Coast Pasts, 1882-1918 (PhD). University of Birmingham.
- Quartey, Seth (2007). Missionary Practices on the Gold Coast, 1832-1895. Cambria Press. ISBN 978-1-62196-873-3.