Anwer Cadir was one of Sri Lanka’s earliest civil engineers, who served under Lord Mountbatten in the Royal Engineering Corps at Peradeniya Gardens during World War II. After the war, he later worked for the Ceylon Public Works Department before traveling to Burma (Myanmar) to work as an engineer and there he married a Burmese lady. In Sri Lanka, he worked on the Gal Oya project and on the Norton Bridge Dam project. In Nigeria, he worked on the Niger River dam project,

On February 9, 2025 was the day of the launch in Sri Lanka of the biography, The Lamp of the Company Above – the life story of Anwer Cadir of Dehiowita. The author, Ian Bayly, came from Australia for this special occasion after releasing his book in India, Myanmar, Thailand and Nigeria, which were also countries in which the late Anwer Cadir lived in and served their communities. The book launch was held at Hill House, Pirivena Road, Dehiowita, which was Mr. Anwer Cadir’s family home, where he was born and passed away. [Sunday Observer]

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.

John and Audrey Robarts with their two younger children, Patrick and Tina, left Toronto for their pioneer post in Mafeking (later Mafikeng), Buchuanaland (later Botswana and formerly Bophuthatswana). Older children Aldham and Gerald pioneered to Nigeria and a homefront post respectively. [LOF485-6; CBN No48 January 1954 p11]
• Later the same year he was appointed to the newly established Auxiliary Board by Hand of the Cause of God Músá Banání. They returned to Canada some 13 years later. [LOF486, 491]

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]

The National Spiritual Assembly of West Central Africa with its seat in Lagos was dissolved and three new National Assemblies were established. [BW15p192]
• The National Spiritual Assembly of Nigeria was formed with its seat in Lagos. [BW15:192]

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]

A Bahá'í International Conference to mark the fiftieth anniversary of the passing of the Greatest Holy Leaf was held in Lagos, Nigeria, attended by some 1,110 Bahá'ís from 46 countries representing some 90 ethnic groups. [BW18:100; VV61]
• For the message of the Universal House of Justice see BW18:158–9 In the message the Universal House of Justice reported that in a little more than three decades there were 37 National Spiritual Assemblies, 4,490 Local Assemblies, 29,000 localities with believers drawn from 1,152 tribes.
• For a pictorial report see BW18:144–6.

The West African Centre for Bahá'í Studies was established in Nigeria. [BW18:167; BW19:366]
• For a report of its activities see BW19:366–7.

John and Audrey Robarts with their two younger children, Patrick and Tina, left Toronto for their pioneer post in Mafeking (later Mafikeng), Bechuanaland (later Botswana and formerly Bophuthatswana). Older children Aldham and Gerald pioneered to Nigeria and a homefront post respectively. [LOF485-6]
• Upon departure, as they passed through Montreal, Rosemary Sala presented 13-year-old Tina with a large box containing 21 individually wrapped presents to be opened, one per day, on their 21-day sea voyage. [TG121]
• Later the same year he was appointed to the newly established Auxiliary Board by Hand of the Cause of God Músá Banání. They returned to Canada some 13 years later. [LOF486, 491]