1. 2023-2026. BWNS Podcasts: Conversations and Insights from the Field. Bahá'í World News Service. Links to 46 interviews highlighting how Bahá’í individuals and communities worldwide apply spiritual principles to education, governance, equality, and social transformation, fostering unity and the betterment of society. Video and audio available. Audio.
2. 2021-05-07. Paying Special Regard to Agriculture: Collective Action-Research in Africa. Sanem Kavrul. On Bahá’í-inspired agricultural social action initiatives in Africa. Includes photo gallery of development and agricultural projects. Articles.
3. 1999-2007. Association for Bahá'í Studies in Southern Africa: Website archive. Association for Bahá'í Studies in Southern Africa. Backup of the homepage of ABS-SA, with local links to any material imported into BLO. — in process Link.

1. 1952-00-04 —
   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]
2. 1952-06-00 —
   Dudley Smith Kutendere returned to his home in Nyasaland, becoming the first Bahá'í in the country.
   • He taught the Bahá'í Faith to his brother, who becames the first person to accept the Faith in Nyasaland.
3. 1953-09-03 — The arrival of Knight of Bahá'u'lláh Enayat Sohaili in Nyasaland (now known as Malawi) [BWNS240]
4. 1957-04-21 — The first local spiritual assembly in Nyasaland was formed at Lilongwe.
5. 1964-04-21 —
   The National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá'ís of South and West Africa that was formed in 1956, was altered and two additional national assemblies were formed, the National Spiritual Assembly of the Indian Ocean,(Mauritius, Réunion and Madagascar) and the National Spiritual Assembly of South Central Africa and leaving the altered South and West Africa leaving only Angola, Basutoland, St. Helena, South West Africa, South Africa and Swaziland.

   The National Spiritual Assembly of South Central Africa was formed with its seat in Salisbury had jurisdiction over the following countries: Northern Rhodesia, Malawi (formerly changed in 1964 from Nyasaland), Southern Rhodesia, and Botswana (formerly Bechuanaland; name changed in 1966). [BW14p96; BW15:195; BN no608 November 1981 p11]

   • The National Spiritual Assembly of the Indian Ocean included Mauritius, the Chagos Archipelago, Madagascar, the Malagasy Republic, Seychelles, Comoros and Réunion. [BN no608 November 1981 p11]
6. 1970-04-21 —
   The National Spiritual Assembly of Malawi (formerly Nyasaland, until 1964.) was formed with its seat in Limbe. [BW15:200]
   • For picture see BW15:146.
7. 1972-05-11 —
   Hand of the Cause Amatu'l-Bahá Rúhíyyih Khánum and her companion, Violette Nakhjavání, arrived in Rhodesia (now Harare, Zimbabwe), at the start of the fourth leg of the 'Great African Safari'. This leg of the tour ended in Kenya. [BW15:594–607]

   The itinerary was as follows:

   • May 11 - Jun 8, 1972, Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe)
   • June 4, 1972, Zambia
   • June 9 - 28, 1972, Botswana
   • June 29 - July 6, 1972, Republic of South Africa
   • July 7 - 11, 1972, South West Africa (Namibia)
   • July 12 - 19, 1972, Republic of South Africa
   • July 19 - Aug 4, 1972, Lesotho
   • Aug 4 - 14, 1972, Republic of South Africa
   • Aug 15 - Sept 19, 1972, Swaziland
   • Sept 20 - 21, 1972, Mozambique
   • Sept 22 - 23, 1972, Swaziland
   • Sept 24 - 27, 1972, Republic of South Africa
   • Oct 2 - 10, 1972, Kenya
   • Oct 11 - Nov 2,1972, Malawi
   • Nov 3 - 8, 1972, Kenya
   • Nov 9 - 24, 1972, Seychelles
   • Nov 25 - Dec 12, 1972, Kenya
   • Dec 5 - 18, 1972, Rwanda
   • Dec 13 - 14, 1972, Tanzania (And Mafia Island)
   • Dec 19, 1972 - Jan 13, 1973, Zaire (now Central African Republic)
   • Jan 14 - 22,1973, Rwanda
   • Jan 23 - 24, 1973, Burundi
   • Jan 25 - Feb 2, 1973, Tanzania (And Mafia Island)
   • Feb 2 - 24, 1973, Kenya [BW15p606-607]
8. 2024-10-16 — In a message the Universal House of Justice announced the intention to build a further two national Mashriqu'l-Adhkárs, one in Brasilia, Brazil and the other in Lilongwe, Malawi as will as a local Mashriqu'l-Adhkár in Batouri, Cameroon. [Message 16 October 2024]

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