The Non-Conversion of the Anufo of Northern Ghana

In Go . . . and Make Disciples Rev. Al Krass chronicled his mission to an isolated people of Northern Ghana—the Anufo. His efforts were unusually successful and attracted considerable public attention in TIME magazine 1 . Seven short years after Krass the author was assigned to establish the Catholic Mission there 2 , but having read Krass’s book, he was little prepared for what he was to find. All but one of the chaples built 3 by Krass had literally fallen down. Most of those baptized by Krass (about 1600) had either returned to traditional beliefs or become Muslim. The other programs started by Krass fared little better. The literacy instructors now refused to pass on their skills and most of the evangelists had become Muslim. One who had managed to hide from Krass the fact that he had been Muslim, now openly practiced his first faith. The two Anufo pastors whom Krass sponsored for the ministry had been deemed unfit for the profession and suspended. Only the agricultural program continued with some success 4 , although less dramatically because of lack of inputs

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