1. 1960-01-00 — Frédéric Hodonou (b. January 9, 1929, Ouidah, Benin. d. January 10, 2016 in Ouidah, Benin) was introduced to the Faith by Madame Geneviève Lai, a French artist and her Vietnamese husband in Cotonou. [Bahá'í Chronicles]
2. 1969-08-05 —
   The itinerary for the first leg of the Great African Safari was as follows:
   • Aug 4 - 14, 1969, Uganda
   • Aug 15 - Sept 1,1969, Kenya
   • Sept 2 - 26, 1969, Tanzania (and Mafia Island)
   • Sept 28 - Oct 14, 1969, Kenya
   • Oct 15 - Nov 17, 1969, Ethiopia. See BW15p186-187 where it is reported that over a thousand new Bahá'ís joined the ranks.
   • Nov 17 - Dec 2, 1969, Kenya
   • Dec 3, 1969 - Jan 2,1970, Uganda
   • Jan 3 - 12, 1970, Zaire (now Central African Republic)
   • Jan 13 - 24, 1970, Zaire (now Central African Republic)
   • Jan 25 - Feb 7, 1970, Chad
   • Feb 8 - 10, 1970, Nigeria
   • Feb 11 - 18, 1970, Niger
   • Feb 19 - 26, 1970, Dahomey (now Benin)
   • Feb 27 - Mar 1, 1970, Togo
   • Mar 2 - 11, 1970, Ghana [BW15p606]
3. 1971-08-06 —
   Hand of the Cause Amatu'l-Bahá Rúhíyyih Khánum and her companion, Violette Nakhjavání, arrived in Ghana, at the start of the third leg of the 'Great African Safari'. [BW15:594–607]

   The itinerary was as follows:

   • Aug 6 - 10, 1971, Ghana
   • Aug 11 - Sept 6, 1971, Dahomey (now Benin)
   • Sept 7 - Oct 4, 1971, Nigeria
   • Oct 5 - Nov 2, 1971, Cameroon Republic
   • By sea?
   • Dec 11, 1971 - Jan 31, 1972, Zaire (now Central African Republic)
   • Feb 1 - Mar 9, 1972, Zambia
   • Mar 10 - 31, 1972, Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe) [BW15p606-607]
4. 1975-04-21 —
   The National Spiritual Assembly of Benin was formed. Prior to this the Bahá'í community in Benin was administrated by the National Spiritual Assembly of Dahomey, Togo and Niger from 1970 to 1975.
   • It was called the National Spiritual Assembly of Dahomey until 1976 when it was renamed the National Spiritual Assembly of Benin. [BW16:161]

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