Moses Akombi
Moses Akombi | |
|---|---|
| Born | c. 1930 |
| NSA member | North West Africa ???? - ???? West Central Africa 1964 - 1967 Cameroon 1967 - ???? |
Moses Ntsntang Eyereh Akombi was an early Cameroonian Bahá’í who served on the early administrative institutions in Africa.
Background[edit]
Akombi became a Bahá’í in the British Cameroons on November 22, 1957.[1] As of 1959 he was serving on the Bahá’í Education Committee for the Cameroons,[2] and as of 1960 he was serving on the National Spiritual Assembly of Northwest Africa.[3] As of 1966 he was serving as vice-chairman of the National Spiritual Assembly for West Central Africa which had assumed responsibility for the Faith in Cameroon.[4][5]
In 1967 Akombi was elected to the first independent National Spiritual Assembly of Cameroon,[6] and in 1968 he attended the Second International Convention in the Holy Land and was able to report on his experiences at the Shrines at the Cameroon National Convention that year.[7] In 1970 he participated in an eight day Teaching Institute in Tinto,[8] and he was still serving on the National Assembly as of 1971.[9]
References[edit]
- ↑ Anthony A. Lee, The Baha’i Faith in Africa Brill: Leiden/Boston, 2011, p 228
- ↑ Anthony A. Lee, The Baha’i Faith in Africa Brill: Leiden/Boston, 2011, p 228
- ↑ Baha'i News (1960). National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of the United States. No 354, Pg(s) 15. View as PDF.
- ↑ Baha'i News (1966). National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of the United States. No 425, Pg(s) 6. View as PDF.
- ↑ Baha'i News (1967). National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of the United States. No 434, Pg(s) 4. View as PDF.
- ↑ Baha'i News (1967). National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of the United States. No 439, Pg(s) 2. View as PDF.
- ↑ Baha'i News (August 1968). National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of the United States. No 449, Pg(s) 12. View as PDF.
- ↑ Baha'i News (1970). National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of the United States. No 475, Pg(s) 10. View as PDF.
- ↑ Baha'i News (1971). National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of the United States. No 482, Pg(s) 7. View as PDF.
