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| 1952 Jun |
Aaron (‘Arthur’) B. Wellesley Cole, a Sierra Leonean barrister, returned to Sierra Leone from England, the first Bahá’í to enter the country. |
Sierra Leone |
First Bahais by country or area |
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| 1964 Ridván |
The existing National Spiritual Assembly of North West Africa that had been formed in 1956 was split into two regions, the "new" North West Africa region and the Spiritual Assembly of West Africa with its seat in Monrovia.
This latter assembly, Spiritual Assembly of West Africa, Ivory Coast; Mali, and Upper Volta, had jurisdiction over the following countries: Liberia, Sierra Leone, Guinea, Gambia, Senegal, Portuguese Guinea, and Cape Verde Islands (Cape Verde Islands?) [BW14p96; BN No 393 Dec 1964 p2 ]
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Monrovia; Liberia; Sierra Leone; Guinea; Gambia, The; Senegal; Portuguese Guinea (Guinea Bissau); Cape Verde Islands; Ivory Coast; Mali; Upper Volta |
National Spiritual Assembly, formation |
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| 1970. 20 Nov - 28 May 1971 |
Hand of the Cause Amatu’l-Bahá Rúhíyyih Khánum and her companion, Violette Nakhjavání, arrived in Ghana, at the start of the second leg of the ‘Great African Safari’ covering Western Africa. The itinerary was as follows:
Nov 20 - 28, 1970, Ghana
Nov 29 - Dec 21, 1970, Ivory Coast (now Côte d’Ivoire)
Dec 23, 1970 - Jan 14, 1971, Liberia
Jan 13 - 14, 1971, Ivory Coast (now Côte d’Ivoire)
Jan 15 - Feb 1, 1971, Mali
Feb 2 - 11, 1971, Upper Volta (now Burkina Faso)
Feb 12 - 21, 1971, Ghana
Feb 22 - Mar 2, 1971, Ivory Coast (now Côte d’Ivoire)
Mar 3 - 15, 1971, Liberia
Mar 16 - 25, 1971, Sierra Leone
Mar 26 - Apr 8, 1971, Senegal
Apr 9 - 26, 1971, Gambia (now The Gambia)
Apr 26, 1971, Senegal
Apr 27 - May 10, 1971 Ivory Coast (now Côte d’Ivoire)
May 11 - 28, 197l, Ghana [BW15p606-607] |
Accra; Ghana; Ivory Coast; Liberia; Mali; Burkina Faso; Sierra Leone; Senegal; Gambia, The |
Amatul-Baha Ruhiyyih Khanum; Amatul-Baha Ruhiyyih Khanum, Journeys of; Violette Nakhjavani; Great African Safari |
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| 1971 May |
The first National Teaching Committee of Sierra Leone was appointed by the Regional Spiritual Assembly of West Africa. |
Sierra Leone |
Teaching; Firsts, Other |
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| 1975 1 Jan |
Shidan and Susan Kouchekzadeh, an Iranian-British couple pioneering in Sierra Leone, arrived in Conakry, the first Bahá’ís to settle in Guinea. |
Conakry; Guinea; Sierra Leone |
First Bahais by country or area |
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| 1975 Feb |
The first National Teaching Conference in Sierra Leone took place in Bo. [BW16:172] |
Bo; Sierra Leone |
Conferences, Bahai; Conferences, Teaching; Teaching; First conferences |
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| 1975 Ridván |
The National Spiritual Assembly of Sierra Leone was formed with its seat in Freetown. [BW16:141] |
Freetown; Sierra Leone |
National Spiritual Assembly, formation |
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| 1977 27 – 30 Dec |
The first Bahá’í summer school of Sierra Leone was held in Magburaka. [BW17:151] |
Magburaka; Sierra Leone |
First summer and winter schools |
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