**List: Akan Ministry
the Bible ( the Bible )
Fanté...
"Fanté is one of the Akan dialects of
Ghana (see Twi: Akuapem),
spoken by about 750,000 people living mainly along the western
and central coast, from Takoradi to Winneba. It is mutually
intelligible with Twi and the other Akan
dialects. A considerable
literature has been developed in Fanté."--1000 Tongues, 1972
[Info only]
"Spoken in the region of Cape
Coast Castle, Gold Coast, West Africa."--1000 Tongues, 1939
[Info only]
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**File: Akan Bible History (3)--1860   S.
Bagster [Info only: Fantee.]
"First
publication, Selections, in a grammar of Fanti and Accra in
1764; tr. by Ch. Protten, a native convert of the Moravian Mission.
Gospels of St. Matthew and St. Mark, 1877 in London by the Wes-
leyan My. Society, tr. by the Rev. A. W. Parker (Wesleyan), a
native. New Testament, 1896. A revision is now in
process.
CP: BFBS."--1000 Tongues, 1939 [Info
only]
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ASHANTI: Fanti dialect--1000 Tongues, 1939 [Info only: n.d. John
3:12-18 unknown.]
"1877 Matthew
Mark Wesleyan MS, London
1886 Gospels BFBS, London
Translated by A. W. Parker, an African pastor."--1000 Tongues,
1972 [Info only]
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"1888 Genesis 1896 New
Testament
1903 New Testament (revised) BFBS, London
Translated by A. W. Parker, with the assistance of a committee under
the supervision of W. M. Cannell."--1000 Tongues, 1972
[Info only]
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"1919 Pentateuch 1922
Psalms
1936-1938 [m]ark John (revised
orthography) BFBS, London
Translated and revised by a committee, including C. W. Armstrong,
A. A. Sneath, WMMS, and J. O. Hammond, E. A. Sackey, and
F. E. Ekuban, African pastors."--1000 Tongues, 1972 [Info
only:
"1938" Mark 1:2 incorrect (Isaiah).]
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"1948 Bible BFBS, London
Translated, with orthographic revisions, by a committee composed
of C. W. Armstrong, G. Acquash, K. Horn, A. B. Dickson, F. C. F.
Grant, C. H. Bartels, H. C. Neill, and I. C. Mason."--1000
Tongues, 1972 [Info only: ?]
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Twi: Akuapem {Akwapim}...
Twi: Asante {Ashanti}...
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