NSA:West Africa

West Africa
National Spiritual Assembly
National Spiritual Assembly of NSA:West Africa First NSA of West Africa with John Robarts (sixth from left)
Membership
History:
-	Established	1964
-	Succeeded	North West Africa
-	Preceded	Upper West Africa (1970)
-	Preceded	Liberia and Guinea (1975)
-	Preceded	Sierra Leone (1975)
Sister Projects		Media

The National Spiritual Assembly of West Africa was a regional body responsible for administrating Bahá’í communities across West Africa.

History

The National Spiritual Assembly of West Africa was formed with its seat in Monrovia, Liberia, in 1964 and it was responsible for administrating the Bahá’ís of Liberia, Senegal, the Gambia, Portugese Guinea, Guinea, Sierra Leone, Mali, Upper Volta, Ivory Coast and the Cape Verde Islands.

The jurisdiction of the Assembly changed in 1970 when the National Assembly of Upper West Africa was formed with Senegal, Guinea and Mauritania falling under the new Assemblies jurisdiction. In 1975 the Assembly split into the National Spiritual Assembly of Liberia & Guinea and the National Spiritual Assembly of Sierra Leone.

Past members

Name	Elected
Oliver Campbell	1964 - 1965
Major E. Dunne	1964 - 1965
Zara Dunne	1964 - ????
Julius Edwards	1964 - 1965 ???? - ????
Tamar Fakhry	1964 - ????
William R. Foster	1964 - ????
Edward Johnson	1964 - ????
James Kabia	1964 - 1965
Daniel Ojei	1964 - 1965
William Enoanyi	1965 - ????
Laura Hill	1965 - ????
Joseph Strong	1965 - ????
James Wesson	1965 - ????
Vivian Wesson	1965 - ????
Ḥusayn Ardikání	???? - 1968
Oliver Campbell	???? - ????
Shidan Kouchekzadeh	???? - ????
Oliver Reimann	???? - ????
Elouise Sanders	???? - ????

References

• 1964-65 Assembly 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 Assembly reported in Baha'i News (1965). National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of the United States. No 415, Pg(s) 4. View as PDF.
• 1968-69 Assembly reported in Baha'i News (1968). National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of the United States. No 450, Pg(s) 11. View as PDF.