Rosina Widmann, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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German educator and missionary
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Place of Birth: Korntal-Münchingen, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
About Rosina Widmann
- Rosina Widmann, née Binder, (13 November 1826 – 14 November 1908) was a German educator and Basel missionary-wife who opened a girls’ school at Akropong in pre-colonial Ghana.
- She was the first exemplar of a European missionary-wife who worked in Ghana for a long period.
- Between 1847 and 1877, Widmann lived on the Gold Coast and was actively involved in both the Christian ministry and women's vocational education.
- Her sojourn in Akropong was in three phases: January 1847 to April 1850; December 1851 to June 1867 and January 1869 to spring 1877.
- Widmann was also a prolific writer, noted for her detailed diary entries of her thoughts and travels, everyday life as a missionary-wife, her interactions with her school pupils and with the Akan peoples of Akropong, providing a vivid narrative of nineteenth century European missionary activity in colonial Ghana, situated against the Akan culture.
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