Accra

Accra
City in Ghana
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Accra is the capital city of Ghana. A Bahá’í community was established in the city in the 1950's.

History[edit]

Accra was the first city in Ghana to have a Bahá’í presence with Ethel Stephens, an African-American Bahá’í, moving there in 1952.[1] She brought slides and films about the Faith with her to assist with teaching and secured a job shortly after arriving in the city.[2] A Bahá’í community was established throughout the 1950's and 1960's, and by 1962 a Local Spiritual Assembly had been established.[3] In 1968 a Bahá'í Teaching institute was held in Accra.[4]

In 1969 holding a major conference in Accra was a goal assigned to the Bahá’ís of Africa under the Nine Year Plan,[5] and the same year a Ḥaẓíratu’l-Quds was purchased in Accra.[6] Rúḥíyyih Khánum visited Accra in 1970 arriving in the city on March 2,[7] and she visited the new National Ḥaẓíratu’l-Quds. While in the city she delivered three lectures and was interviewed on the national Ghanaian television station.[8] At Ridvan 1970 the first National Convention of Ghana was held in Accra at which the National Spiritual Assembly of Ghana was formed.[9]

In June 1970 Abu’l-Qásim Faizí visited and gave a series of talks at the National Center.[10] In November 1970 Rúḥíyyih Khánum made a second visit to the city,[11] during which she met with the acting Prime Minister of Ghana and the Ministers for Education and Information.[12] During her tour of Africa Rúḥíyyih Khánum ultimately visited Accra five times.[13]

In 1974 Gordon H. Jackson, Vice-Chairman of the National Spiritual Assembly of Ghana, was invited to chair a symposium on human rights at the Accra Community Center.[14] In July 1975 an International Bahá’í Youth Conference was held in Accra which was attended by Enoch Olinga representing the Universal House of Justice,[15] and in July 1976 a joint National Teaching Conference for Togo and Ghana was held in the city.[16] In 1979 Collis Featherstone visited the city and gave a talk at the National Center of Ghana and met with four Auxiliary Board members and their assistants.[17]

In February, 2009, Accra was the site of one of the major 41 regional conferences of the Five Year Plan.[18]

References[edit]

  1. ↑ Baha'i News (1952). National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of the United States. No 253, Pg(s) 6. View as PDF.
  2. ↑ Baha'i News (1952). National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of the United States. No 254, Pg(s) 9. View as PDF.
  3. ↑ The Bahá’í World, An International Record. (1970). Bahá’í World Centre. Haifa. Volume 13 (1954-1963), Pg(s) 1015. View as PDF.
  4. ↑ Baha'i News (1969). National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of the United States. No 461, Pg(s) 18. View as PDF.
  5. ↑ Baha'i News (1970). National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of the United States. No 466, Pg(s) 8. View as PDF.
  6. ↑ Baha'i News (1971). National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of the United States. No 484, Pg(s) 14. View as PDF.
  7. ↑ Baha'i News (1970). National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of the United States. No 471, Pg(s) 3. View as PDF.
  8. ↑ Baha'i News (1970). National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of the United States. No 471, Pg(s) 15. View as PDF.
  9. ↑ Baha'i News (1971). National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of the United States. No 484, Pg(s) 14. View as PDF.
  10. ↑ Baha'i News (1970). National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of the United States. No 473, Pg(s) 2. View as PDF.
  11. ↑ Baha'i News (1971). National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of the United States. No 483, Pg(s) 16. View as PDF.
  12. ↑ Baha'i News (1971). National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of the United States. No 483, Pg(s) 19. View as PDF.
  13. ↑ Baha'i News (1972). National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of the United States. No 491, Pg(s) 5. View as PDF.
  14. ↑ Baha'i News (1974). National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of the United States. No 522, Pg(s) 21. View as PDF.
  15. ↑ Baha'i News (1975). National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of the United States. No 533, Pg(s) 18. View as PDF.
  16. ↑ Baha'i News (1976). National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of the United States. No 544, Pg(s) 4. View as PDF.
  17. ↑ Baha'i News (1979). National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of the United States. No 579, Pg(s) 9. View as PDF.
  18. ↑ "Regional Conferences of the Five Year Plan". Bahá'í World News Service. Retrieved December 25, 2020.
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