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Tag "Senegal"

tag name: Senegal type: Geographic locations
web link: Senegal
related tags: - Africa
referring tags: Dakar, Senegal
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references: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Senegal

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2 results from the Main Catalog

8 results from the Chronology

from the main catalog (2 results; collapse)

  1. Robert Hayden, by Christopher Buck (2004-01-29). The first African American poet-laureate of the United States (as Library of Congress "Consultant in Poetry").
  2. Robert Hayden's 'American Journal': A Multidimensional Analysis, by Christopher Buck (2008). A study of an often neglected poem which combines an informal cultural analysis of the USA with a social commentary on the world. It treats the human race from a universal perspective, emphasizing the importance of human solidarity.

from the Chronology (8 results; collapse)

  1. 1953-12-03 — The arrival, from Egypt, of Knight of Bahá'u'lláh Labib Isfahani in Dakar, Senegal. He was followed by his brother Habib Isfahani in April of 1954 who also received the honour. [BW13:452, BWNS283]
  2. 1962-03-01 — Aboubacar Kâ, a school teacher and the first Senegalese known to become a Bahá'í, enrolled.
  3. 1964-04-21 — The existing National Spiritual Assembly of North West Africa that had been formed in 1956 was split into two regions, the "new" North West Africa region and the Spiritual Assembly of West Africa with its seat in Monrovia.

    This latter assembly, Spiritual Assembly of West Africa, Ivory Coast; Mali, and Upper Volta, had jurisdiction over the following countries: Liberia, Sierra Leone, Guinea, Gambia, Senegal, Portuguese Guinea, and Cape Verde Islands. [BW14p96; BN No 393 Dec 1964 p2 ]

  4. 1966-04-21 — The first local spiritual assembly in Senegal was formed in Dakar.
  5. 1970-11-20
      Hand of the Cause Amatu'l-Bahá Rúhíyyih Khánum and her companion, Violette Nakhjavání, arrived in Ghana, at the start of the second leg of the 'Great African Safari' covering Western Africa. The itinerary was as follows:
    • Nov 20 - 28, 1970, Ghana
    • Nov 29 - Dec 21, 1970, Ivory Coast (now Côte d'Ivoire)
    • Dec 23, 1970 - Jan 14, 1971, Liberia
    • Jan 13 - 14, 1971, Ivory Coast (now Côte d'Ivoire)
    • Jan 15 - Feb 1, 1971, Mali
    • Feb 2 - 11, 1971, Upper Volta (now Burkina Faso)
    • Feb 12 - 21, 1971, Ghana
    • Feb 22 - Mar 2, 1971, Ivory Coast (now Côte d'Ivoire)
    • Mar 3 - 15, 1971, Liberia
    • Mar 16 - 25, 1971, Sierra Leone
    • Mar 26 - Apr 8, 1971, Senegal
    • Apr 9 - 26, 1971, Gambia (now The Gambia)
    • Apr 26, 1971, Senegal
    • Apr 27 - May 10, 1971 Ivory Coast (now Côte d'Ivoire)
    • May 11 - 28, 197l, Ghana [BW15p606-607]
  6. 1975-04-21
      The National Spiritual Assembly of Upper West Africa was formed with its seat in Dakar, Senegal. The name was later changed to the National Spiritual Assembly of Senegal. [BW16:141]
    • Jurisdiction: Senegal, Mauritania, Guinea-Bissau and the Cape Verde Islands.
  7. 1975-12-00 — The first National Teaching Conference to be held in Senegal took place in Dakar. [BW16:175]
  8. 1989-04-21 — The National Spiritual Assembly of Guinea-Bissau was formed. [PH73; BW20p249; AWH62; BINS199:1, 4]

    In 1975 Senegal had jurisdiction over Mauritania (1978), Cape Verde Islands (1984) and Guinea-Bissau (1989). With the last of its territories gone this left Senegal alone hence the National Spiritual Assembly of Senegal was formed with its seat in Dakar.

 
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