| . |
Search for location "Dar-es-Salaam"
| date |
event |
locations |
tags |
see also |
| 1951 Jul |
Mr P. K. Gopalakrishnan Nayer, an Indian, became a Bahá’í in Dar-es-Salaam, the first person to accept the Faith in Tanganyika. [BW12:53] |
Dar-es-Salaam; Tanganyika (Tanzania); Tanzania |
First Bahais by country or area |
|
| 1952 (In the year) |
Dudley Smith Kutendere from Zomba in the south of Malawi became a Bahá’í in Dar-es-Salaam, the first African to become a Bahá’í in Tanganyika and the first in all of Central and East Africa.
Denis has the unique distinction of being the first native believer in sub-Sahara Africa to take the Faith to a new country when in 1952 he left Tanzania to return to his native Nyasaland settling in his home town of Zomba.
[A Brief Account of the Bahá'í Faith in Africa Since 1953 by Nance Ororo-Robarts and Selam Ahderrom p2] |
Dar-es-Salaam; Zomba; Nyasaland |
Dudley Smith Kutendere |
|
| 1952 Ridván |
The first local spiritual assembly in Tanganyika was established in Dar-es-Salaam. |
Dar-es-Salaam |
LSA |
|
| 1964 Ridván |
The National Spiritual Assembly of Tanganyika and Zanzibar was formed with its seat in Dar-es-Salaam. [BW14p96] |
Dar-es-Salaam; Tanganyika (Tanzania); Tanzania; Zanzibar |
National Spiritual Assembly, formation |
|
| 1986 (In the year) |
The founding of the Ruaha Secondary School in southwestern rural Tanzania near Iringa, about 500 km from Dar-es-salaam. [The Mona Project (information on the Iringa School no longer available on this web site), One Country]
In 2001 the school received a grant to build a girls dormitory. [BWNS145] |
Tanzania; Iringa; Dar-es-salaam |
Bahai schools; BWNS |
|
See all locations, sorted numerically or alphabetically.
- Locations are simplified spellings used to find documents on a similar topic but with various titles.
- Searches match parts of a location: searching for state will also show United States.
- 1- and 2-letter words will not be searched.
- Please contact us if you can help add locations.
- See also all tags, sorted numerically or alphabetically.
|
|
. |
