Robert Mazibuko

Robert L. K. Mazibuko is a South African Bahá’í who has served as a member of the National Spiritual Assembly of South & West Africa and written several books on the Faith.

Background

Mazibuko was born and raised in Port Elizabeth. He began a Bachelor of Science in Port Elizabeth which he completed in the United States majoring in Information Technology. He then returned to South Africa where he established a career as an Information Technologist and Pharmaceutical Production Technician.

Emeric and Rosemary Sala introduced Mazibuko to the Bahá’í Faith and he declared in South Africa in 1962. He served the Faith in South Africa as a travel teacher, and also spent a year travel teaching in Swaziland, going on to serve as a travel teacher until 1968. He was elected to the National Spiritual Assembly of South and West Africa in 1975 and served until 1985, representing the Assembly at an International Convention during his service. He has also made several contributions to Bahá’í literature including translating the Kitab-i-Iqan into Xhosa from 1972 to 1979 and writing several books on the religion. He also translated the Hidden Words and several other documents into Xhosa.

In 1987 Mazibuko met fellow Bahá’í Gretchen Misselt while on pilgrimage in the Holy Land and they married with Mazibuko moving to the United States that year. He worked as a Medical Assistant and Certified Nurse's Assistant after moving and became a US citizen in 1992. He currently lives in America in retirement.

Publications

• 2010 - This Side Up: An Autobiography
• 2013 - In Spite of All Barriers: Teaching in South Africa with Lowell Johnson
• 2018 - Advancing Towards An Understanding
• 2020 - In Pursuit of Meaning to Riddles
• 2022 - Memories of Africa: Events Experienced in Southern Africa
• 2022 - Retracing Steps
• 2022 - Some Notable Bahá’ís of Zwide
• 2023 - Planting the Seed