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| 1926 24 Jun |
Enoch Olinga, future Hand of the Cause of God, was born in Abaango, Uganda. |
Abaango; Uganda |
Enoch Olinga; Hands of the Cause; Hands of the Cause, Births and deaths; Births and deaths |
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| 1952 Feb |
Enoch Olinga became a Bahá’í, the third Ugandan and the first of the Iteso tribe to accept the Faith.
See TG160 for the story of how he became a Bahá'í. |
Uganda |
Enoch Olinga |
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| 1953 Oct |
Enoch Olinga arrived in Victoria (Limbé) and was named a Knight of Bahá’u’lláh for the British Cameroons. [BW13:449]
The first Cameroonian to become a Bahá’í in British Cameroon was a youth, Jacob Tabot Awo.
The first Cameroonian adult to become a Bahá’í was Enoch Ngompek of the Bassa tribe.
The first Cameroonian woman to become a Bahá’í was Esther Obeu, the wife of David Tanyi.
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Victoria (Limbe); British Cameroon; Cameroon; Nigeria |
Enoch Olinga; Knights of Bahaullah; First Bahais by country or area |
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| 1954 Apr |
The arrival of Knight Mr. Enoch Olinga in British Cameroon. [BWNS291] |
British Cameroon; Africa |
Knights of Bahaullah; Enoch Olinga; BWNS |
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| 1957 3 Feb |
Enoch Olinga arrived in the Holy Land, the first black African Bahá’í to go on pilgrimage. [BW13p288] |
Haifa |
Enoch Olinga; First pilgrims; Pilgrims |
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| 1957 Oct |
The third contingent of Hands of the Cause of God was appointed: Enoch Olinga, William Sears, John Robarts, Hasan Balyuzi, John Ferraby, Collis Featherstone, Rahmatu’lláh Muhájir and Abu’l-Qásim Faizí. [GBF111; MBW127; PP254, 442; SS47]
See TG160 for the story of how Enoch Olinga reacted to the news of being appointed a Hand of the Cause of God. |
Haifa |
Hands of the Cause; Hands of the Cause, Appointments; Hands of the Cause, Contingents; Hands of the Cause, Third Contingent; Enoch Olinga; William Sears; John Robarts; Hasan Balyuzi; John Ferraby; Collis Featherstone; Rahmatullah Muhajir; Abul-Qasim Faizi |
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| 1979 16 Sep |
Enoch Olinga—Hand of the Cause of God and Knight of Bahá’u’lláh—his wife and three of his children were murdered in Kampala, Uganda. (b.24 June 1926) [BBD 172; BW18:633; LoF471-472]
He was buried near the grave of Hand of the Cause Mr Banání with the graves of his wife and children nearby. [CG132]
Shoghi Effendi had appointed him among the third contingent on the 2nd of October, 1957. [MoCxxiii]
For his obituary see BW18:618–35.
See Bahá'í Blog for a tribute to his life.
Early in May soldiers had invaded his home and thoroughly sacked it. The president of Uganda was a Nilotic and a native of northern Uganda as were a majority of his army. After taking control of the country they began to take reprisals from rival tribes and those who they thought had supported Idi Amin. [CG127]
On the morning of the murders Mr. Olinga and his family had participated in a work detail at the Temple grounds. After the evening meal, a group of soldiers entered their compound and murdered him as well as his wife Elizabeth the children Táhirih and Lennie. [CG130-132]
Claire Gung, the "Mother of Africa", had had an extraordinarily accurate dream and had warned Mr. Olinga of his danger. [CG163] |
Kampala; Uganda |
Enoch Olinga; Hands of the Cause; Hands of the Cause, Births and deaths; Births and deaths; Knights of Bahaullah; In Memoriam; Hands of the Cause, Third Contingent; Persecution, Uganda; Persecution, Deaths; Persecution; Dreams and visions |
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| 2019. 11 Oct |
‘Ali Nakhjavani, (b. 19 September, 1919 in Baku, Azerbaijan) former member of the Universal House of Justice (1963-2003), passed away in Molsheim, Alsace, France. He was 100 years old. The Universal House of Justice requested all National Assemblies that memorial services be held for him. [BWNS1361]
After his father's death when he was two years old, his family was advised by 'Abdu'l-Bahá to move to Haifa where he grew up. In 1939 he received the Bachelor of Arts degree with distinction from the American University of Beirut, and then in the early 1940s he relocated to Iran, residing first in Tehran, then Tabriz and finally in Shiraz. In 1950 he was elected to the National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá'ís Iran where he served until the following year.
In 1951 he and his family moved to Uganda to assist with the development of the Bahá'í community in that country. He made his living as a teacher and lecturer. During his early years there, Enoch Olinga became a Bahá'í, and in 1953 Mr Nakhjavání and his wife Violette, along with Mr Olinga and two other Bahá'ís, travelled from Uganda to Cameroon to help spread the Bahá'í Faith in that country.
From 1954-61 he was a member of the Auxiliary Board in Africa, and later from 1956 to 1961 he was served on the Bahá'í National Spiritual Assembly of Central and East Africa.
In 1961 he was elected to the International Bahá'í Council and so moved to Haifa. In 1963 he was elected to the Universal House of Justice during its inaugural convention, and served as a member of that body until 2003.
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For a video tribute to Mr Nakhjavani see YouTube.
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Baku; Azerbaijan; Beirut; Lebanon; Molsheim; France |
Ali Nakhjavani; In Memoriam; American University of Beirut; Enoch Olinga; Violette Nakhjavani; International Bahai Council; Auxiliary Board Members |
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| 1970 (Early Oct) |
Hand of the Cause of God Enoch Olinga arrived in Halifax. The next day he gave an address at the Cherry Brook High School. [CBN244Nov1970p1] |
Halifax, NS |
Hand of the Cause of God Enoch Olinga |
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| 1970 Oct |
After a stopover in Toronto Mr. Olinga visited the community of St. James-Assiniboia. [CBN244Nov1970p1] |
Toronto, ON; St. James-Assiniboia, MB |
Hand of the Cause of God Enoch Olinga |
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| 1970 9-10 Oct |
Mr. Olinga was warmly received by about 200 people, mostly drawn from surrounding Reserves, in Fort Qu'Appelle. The next day he took part in a Feast for the Dead then the passing of the pipe and was presented with a beaded necklace by Dorothy Francis. [CBN244Nov1970p1] |
Fort QuAppelle, SK |
Hand of the Cause of God Enoch Olinga; QuAppelle |
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| 1970 11 Oct |
Mr. Olinga attended the Alberta Regional Convention at Red Deer. He spoke of the essential spiritual nature of the Native people and how they will become strong teachers if visited on the reserves regularly to increase their knowledge of the Faith. [CBN244Nov1970p1-2] |
Red Deer, AB |
Hand of the Cause of God Enoch Olinga; Regional Convention |
Did this meeting in fact take place on Sat the 10th or Sun the 11th? |
| 1970 Oct |
Mr. Olinga visited the Blood Reserve near Cardston, AB. Six persons declared their Faith from the Reserve alone. [CBN244Nov1970p2] |
Blood Reserve, AB |
Hand of the Cause of God Enoch Olinga |
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| 1970 Oct |
Mr. Olinga visited the Gleichen Reserve and attended a meeting in a private home. |
Gleichen Reserve, AB |
Hand of the Cause of God Enoch Olinga |
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| 1970 17 Oct |
The Hand of the Cause of God was greeted at the Whitehorse airport by 60 Bahá'ís. Later that evening there was a meeting in the Masonic Hall. [CBN244Nov1970p2] |
Whitehorse, YT |
Hand of the Cause of God Enoch Olinga |
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| 1970 18 Oct |
Mr. Olingo gave an address at the Whitehorse Flats Indian Village and another in the Elk's Hall in the evening. [CBN244Nov1970p2] |
Whitehorse Flats Indian Village, YT |
Hand of the Cause of God Enoch Olinga |
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| 1970 19 Oct |
Mr. Olinga departed Whitehorse for Alaska. [CBN244Nov1970p2] |
Whitehorse, YT |
Hand of the Cause of God Enoch Olinga |
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from the main catalogue
- Hands of the Cause of God: Personal Recollections, by Bill Washington (2014). Recollections of A.Q. Faizi, A.A. Furútan, Clara Dunn, Rúhíyyih Khánum, Ugo Giachery, Leroy Ioas, Enoch Olinga, Rahmátu’lláh Muhajir, Bill Sears, Agnes Alexander, John Robarts, Collis Featherstone, and Jalal Khazeh. [about]
- Messages from the Universal House of Justice 1963-1986: Third Epoch of the Formative Age, by Universal House of Justice (1996). [about]
- Olinga, Enoch, by Richard Francis (1998). Life of Hand of the Cause of God and "Father of Victories." [about]
- Three Talks in Africa, by Ali Nakhjavani and Violette Nakhjavani (2001). Three talks given in East London, South Africa circa August-September 2001, on personal reminiscences of Ruhiyyih Khanum and Enoch Olinga, some history of the Faith in Africa, and stages of spiritual growth and teaching. [about]
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