NSA:Central and East Africa

Central and East Africa
National Spiritual Assembly
National Spiritual Assembly of NSA:Central and East Africa First NSA of Central and East Africa, 1956
Membership
History:
-	Established	1956
-	Preceded	Kenya (1964)
-	Preceded	Indian Ocean (1964)
-	Preceded	Tanganyika and Zanzibar (1964)
-	Preceded	Uganda and Central Africa (1964)
Sister Projects		Media

The National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of Central and East Africa was a regional body responsible for administrating Bahá’í communities across Central and East Africa.

Formed

In 1954 Shoghi Effendi announced that three National Spiritual Assemblies were to be formed in 1956 to administrate the Faith across Africa. The National Spiritual Assembly of Central and East Africa was assigned the responsibility of administrating the Faith in Uganda, Tanganyika, Kenya, Belgian Congo, Rwanda, Burundi, French Equatorial Africa, Zanzibar, the Comoro Islands, and the Seychelles.

The Assembly was established in 1956 and acquired a Ḥaẓíratu’l-Quds in Victoria, British Cameroons, in 1957. It was dissolved in 1964 and succeeded by several independent Assemblies which administrated smaller areas.

Past members

Name	Served
Oloro Epyeru	1956 - 1964
Philip Hainsworth	1956 - 1964
Max Kenyerezi	1956 - 1963
Alí Nakhjavání	1956 - 1961
Jalál Nakhjavání	1956 - 1957
Sylvester Okurut	1956 - 1957
Hassan Sabri	1956 - 1964
Tito Wanantsusi	1956 - 1957
Aziz Yazdi	1956 - 1961
Kolonario Oule	1957 - 1964
Irene Bennett	1957 - 1958
Javan Gutosi	1957 - ????
Isobel Sabri	1958 - 1964
Sosipateri Isimai	???? - ????
Charles Nalika	1961 - 1964
Ted Cardell	1962 - 1963
Israel Kanyarezi-Musaka	1963 - 1964

Notes

Bahai.media has a related page: Category:National Spiritual Assembly of Central and East Africa

References

• 1956-57 NSA reported in Baha'i News (1956). National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of the United States. No 305, Pg(s) 9. View as PDF..
• 1957-58 NSA reported in Baha'i News (July 1957). National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of the United States. No 317, Pg(s) 11. View as PDF..
• 1960-61 NSA reported in Baha'i News (July 1960). National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of the United States. No 352, Pg(s) 10. View as PDF..
• 1961-62 NSA reported in Baha'i News (July 1961). National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of the United States. No 364, Pg(s) 8. View as PDF..
• 1962-63 NSA reported in Baha'i News (1963). National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of the United States. No 385, Pg(s) 13. View as PDF..
• 1963-64 NSA reported in Rabbani, Ruhiyyih (Ed.) (1992). The Ministry of the Custodians 1957-1963. Bahá’í World Centre. ISBN 0-85398-350-X., p 408.