Kenton Allen
Kenton Allen is an American Bahá’í who pioneered to Swaziland.
Biography[edit]
Allen was born to Bahá’í parents John and Valera Allen. He pioneered to Swaziland in September, 1954, with his brother Dale and grandmother Maude Fisher. He briefly enrolled at Witwatersrand University in Johannesburg but after a few months returned to the United States to pursue University studies.[1]
In 1961 Allen returned to Swaziland with his wife, Mary, settling in Malkerns where he managed a pineapple canning factory and served on the Area Teaching Committee.[1] They remained in Swaziland until returning to America in July, 1966. Allen was serving on the US National Teaching Committee as of 1980.[2]
The Allen's have made frequent visits to Africa after returning to the U.S. working with US-AID and UN development projects.[3]
References[edit]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Lowell Johnson, Heroes and Heroines of the Ten Year Crusade in Southern Africa, NSA of South Africa: Johannesburg, 2003, p 419
- ↑ Baha'i News (1981). National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of the United States. No 598, Pg(s) 14. View as PDF.
- ↑ Lowell Johnson, Heroes and Heroines of the Ten Year Crusade in Southern Africa, NSA of South Africa: Johannesburg, 2003, p 420
