- 1953-10-15 —
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.
- 1955-04-21 — The first local spiritual assembly in the Seychelles was formed in Victoria.
- 1964-04-21 — The National Spiritual Assembly of West Central Africa was formed with its seat in Victoria, (now Limbe) in the Cameroon Republic and had the following countries under its jurisdiction: Spanish Guinea, Fernando Po Island, Corisco Island, São Tomé and Principe Islands, Nigeria, Niger, Dahomey, Togo, and Ghana.
[BW14p96]
- 1967-04-21 —
The National Spiritual Assembly of the Cameroon Republic was formed with its seat in Victoria, (now Limbe) Cameroon. It had Spanish Guinea, Fernando Po, Corisco and São Tomé and Príncipe Islands assigned to it.
[BW14p96; Ridván 1966]
- The remainder of the group of nations that formed part of the National Spiritual Assembly of West Central Africa with its seat in Lagos. Within its jurisdiction was Nigeria, Dahomey, Togo, Niger, and Ghana. [BW15p189 Note 1]
- 1972-04-21 —
The National Spiritual Assembly of Seychelles was formed with its seat in Victoria. [BW16:156]
- For picture see BW15:157.
- The "Mother Assembly", the National Spiritual Assembly of the Indian Ocean, was left with Mauritius, the Chagos Archipelago, Madagascar, the Malagasy Republic, Comoros and Réunion. [BN no608 November 1981 p11]
- 1980-03-00 — The first Bahá'í Summer School of the Cameroon Republic was held in Victoria. [BW18:166]
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