Edmund ('Ted') Cardell arrived in Windhoek and wss named a Knight of Bahá'u'lláh for South West Africa (Namibia). [BW13:456]
• He was later joined by his wife Alicia and the first German Bahá'ís to pioneer to Africa, Martin and Gerda Aiff and their children.
• In 1955 Hilifa Andreas Nekundi, (also known as Tate Hilifa), was the first Namibian to become a Bahá'í. Mr. Nekundi later served on the first Local Spiritual Assembly of the Baha'is of Windhoek, and the National Spiritual Assembly of the Baha'is of Namibia. [BWNS280]

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]

He became a Bahá’í in 1946 and soon after was appointed to the National Youth Committee in Germany. In 1948, he married Gerda Hafimann and they had six children together. He was elected to the National Spiritual Assembly of Germany and served as a member of that body from 1957 to 1959, when he left Germany to live and teach the Bahá’í Faith in Afiica during the Ten Year Crusade. The family settled in Southwest Africa (later Namibia) in the capital of Windhoek and remained there until 1967 before moving to Leuderitz and later Tsumeb. Mr. Aiff had a variety of jobs in Namibia, working as a commercial salesman, manager of general stores, school administrator, and manager of arts and crafts centres. For seven years he and his wife had served as caretakers of the German national center, and they performed the same duty at the national center in Windhoek during their residence in that city. Mr. Aiff served on the National Spiritual Assembly of South and West Afnca in 1973—74 and was elected to the National Spiritual Assembly of Namibia upon its formation in 1981. He was a member of that National Spiritual Assembly from 1981 until 1984 and in 1985. In 1986 he was appointed to the Auxiliary Board, serving that institution until 1996. In its message after his death, the Universal House Of Justice wrote that his persistent activities in Africa would “serve as shining examples of devotion for generations to come.” [BW29 p267]