NSA:West Central Africa
West Central Africa |
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 Eight members of the NSA of West Central Africa, 1967
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| Membership | ||
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| - | Established | 1964 |
| - | Succeeded | North West Africa |
| - | Preceded | Cameroon (1967) |
| - | Preceded | Dahomey, Togo, and Niger (1970) |
| - | Preceded | Nigeria (1970) |
| - | Preceded | Ghana (1970) |
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The National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of West Central Africa was a regional administrative body for the Bahá’í communities of several West African nations.
History[edit]
The National Spiritual Assembly of West Central Africa was formed in 1964 with its headquarters in Victoria, Cameroon. It administrated the Bahá’í communities of Cameroon, Spanish Guinea, the St. Thomas Islands, Fernando Po, Corisco, Nigeria, Niger, Dahomey, Togo, and Ghana.[1]
The Assembly was incorporated in 1967, and relocated its headquarters to Lagos, Nigeria, as Cameroon had established an independent Assembly,[2] however by the middle of the year a Civil War in Nigeria had made meetings of the Assembly impossible and it was replaced by an Emergency Administrative Committee appointed by the Universal House of Justice.[3]
In 1970 the Committee was succeeded by independent Assemblies in Nigeria and Ghana and a Regional Spiritual Assembly of Dahomey, Togo and Niger.
Past members[edit]
| Name | Served |
|---|---|
| Moses Akombi | 1964 - 1967 |
| Janet Mughrabi | 1964 - 1967 |
| Jawad Mughrabi | 1964 - 1967 |
| Johana Ngompek | 1964 - 1965 |
| Oscar Njang | 1964 - 1965 |
| Lillie Rosenberg | 1964 - 1967 |
| Solomon Tanyi Tambe | 1964 - 1967 |
| Sampson Forchak | ???? - 1967 |
| Stephen Tabe | ???? - 1967 |
| Sherman Rosenberg | ???? - 1967 |
| Elizabeth Njang | 1967[4] |
Past members (Emergency Administrative Committee)[edit]
| Name | Served |
|---|---|
| Peter Adeboje | 1967 - ???? |
| Fred Assam | 1967 - ???? |
| Samuel Lynch | 1967 - ???? |
| Duane Troxel | 1967 - ???? |
| Stephanie Troxel | 1967 - ???? |
Notes[edit]
- ↑ Baha'i News (1963). National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of the United States. No 393, Pg(s) 2. 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.
- ↑ Duane Troxel, A Pioneer Remembrance of Nigeria During the Civil War, Part I: 1967-1968, Self-published, 1984, p 4
- ↑ The Bahá’í World, An International Record. (1986). Bahá’í World Centre. Haifa. Volume 18 (1979-1983), Pg(s) 819. View as PDF.
References[edit]
- NSA for 1964-65 reported in Baha'i News (1965). National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of the United States. No 409, Pg(s) 6. View as PDF.
- NSA for 1965-66 reported in Baha'i News (1965). National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of the United States. No 412, Pg(s) 15. View as PDF.
- NSA for 1966-67 reported in Baha'i News (1966). National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of the United States. No 425, Pg(s) 6. View as PDF.
- NSA for 1966-67 reported in Baha'i News (1967). National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of the United States. No 434, Pg(s) 4. View as PDF.
- Emergency Administrative Committee membership appointed 1967 reported in Duane Troxels, A Pioneer Remembrance of Nigeria During the Civil War, Part I: 1967-1968, Self-published, 1984, p 4.
