NSA:North West Africa
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 First Assembly of North West Africa, 1956
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| - | Established | 1956 |
| - | Preceded | West Africa (1964) |
| - | Preceded | West Central Africa (1964) |
| - | Preceded | Algeria and Tunisia (1967) |
| - | Preceded | Morocco (????) |
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The National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of North West Africa was a body which administrated the Bahá’í community in the region of North West Africa.
History[edit]
The National Spiritual Assembly of North West Africa was formed in Tunis, Tunisia, in 1956.[1] It was responsible for administrating the Faith in the British Cameroons, British Togoland, Gold Coast, Madeira, Sierra Leone, the Ashanti Protectorate, the French Cameroons and the Gambia.[2]
In 1964 the Assembly was reconstituted due to new Assemblies forming responsible for areas previously under its jurisdiction, and it assumed responsibility for administrating the Faith in Tunisia, Algeria, Morocco, Spanish Sahara, Rio de Oro, Mauritania, the Canary Islands and Madeira.[3] The seat of the National Spiritual Assembly remained in Tunis until 1967 when the National Assembly of Algeria and Tunisia was formed and the seat of the Assembly was moved to Rabat, Morocco.[4]
As of 1982 there was a National Spiritual Assembly of Morocco based in Rabat, superseding the North West Africa Assembly, however it is not clear when the change took place.[5]
Past members[edit]
| Name | Served |
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| Enoch Olinga | 1956 - 1964 |
| Elsie Austin | 1956 - 1964 |
| Shoghi Ghadimi | 1956 - 1958 |
| William Foster | 1956 - 1964 |
| Mustapha Bouchoucha | 1956 - 1965 |
| Shoghi Riaz Rouhani | 1956 - 1957 1965 - ???? |
| Valerie Wilson | 1956 - 1957 ???? - 1964 |
| Rowshan Mustapha | 1956 - 1966 |
| ‘Abdu’l-Hamíd el Khemírí | 1956 - 1960 |
| ‘Abdu’lláh Mesbah | 1957 - 1964 |
| Muhammad Mustafa | 1957 - 1958 |
| Lillie Rosenberg | ???? - ???? |
| Moses Akombi | ???? - ???? |
| Khodabakhch Attar | ???? - 1964 |
| Emad Saberan | ???? - ???? |
| Ḥusayn Ardikání | 1964 - 1966 |
| Mr. Djalali | 1964 - 1965 |
| Mohamed Ma’anan | 1964 - ???? |
| Amine Mesbah | 1964 - ???? |
| Mr. Obbadi | 1964 - 1965 |
| E. Ta'i | 1964 - ???? |
| Fouad Ahmadpour | 1965 - ???? |
| Esma'il Mimoun | 1965 - ???? |
| Omar Uariachi | 1966 - ???? |
| Laroussi Ayachi | ???? - ???? |
| Ahmed Bouabid-Gharbi | ???? - ???? |
| M'Barek Ait H'Mitti | ???? - ???? |
| Houari Ismail | ???? - ???? |
| Hossein Vossough | ???? - ???? |
| Mustapha Azuagh | ???? - ???? |
| Ayachi Khaldy | ???? - ???? |
| Malika Kouraichi | ???? - ???? |
| Fouad Tahan | ???? - ???? |
References[edit]
- 1956-57 NSA reported in Baha'i News (1956). National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of the United States. No 306, Pg(s) 11-21 May 2020. 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) 18-21 May 2020. View as PDF.
- 1960-61 NSA reported in Baha'i News (1960). National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of the United States. No 354, Pg(s) 15-21 May 2020. 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 411.
- 1964-65 NSA reported in Baha'i News (1964). National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of the United States. No 405, Pg(s) 10. View as PDF.
- 1965-66 NSA reported in Baha'i News (1965). National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of the United States. No 413, Pg(s) 3-17 April 2021. View as PDF.
- 1966-67 NSA reported in Baha'i News (1966). National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of the United States. No 427, Pg(s) 6. View as PDF.
- 1970-71 NSA reported in Baha'i News (1970). National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of the United States. No 475, Pg(s) 7. View as PDF.
- 1972-73 NSA reported in Baha'i News (1972). National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of the United States. No 498, Pg(s) 22-17 April 2021. View as PDF.
Notes[edit]
- ↑ Baha'i News (1956). National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of the United States. No 306, Pg(s) 11. View as PDF.
- ↑ https://bahai-library.com/pdf/l/lee_bahai_faith_africa.pdf p 91-92
- ↑ Baha'i News (1963). National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of the United States. No 393, Pg(s) 2. View as PDF.
- ↑ The Bahá’í World, An International Record. (1976). Bahá’í World Centre. Haifa. Volume 15 (1968-1973), Pg(s) 188. View as PDF.
- ↑ The Bahá’í World, An International Record. (1986). Bahá’í World Centre. Haifa. Volume 18 (1979-1983), Pg(s) 58. View as PDF.
