Honourable Minu
William Henry Barker, West Africa
It happened one day that a poor Akim-man had to travel from his own little village to Accra—one of the big towns on the coast. This man could only speak the language of his own village—which was not understood by the men of the town. As he approached Accra he met a great herd of cows. He was surprised at the number of them, and wondered to whom they could belong. Seeing a man with them he asked him, “To whom do these cows belong?” The man did not know the language of the Akim-man, so he replied, “Minu” [I do not understand]. The traveller, however, thought that Minu was the name of the owner of the cows and exclaimed, “Mr. Minu must be very rich.”
He then entered the town. Very soon he saw a fine large building, and wondered to whom it m
