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none of the Baháʼís from Mozambique were able to get passports to travel to Swaziland where the convention was held. Starting in 1967 the Baháʼí communities of several countries were re-organized away from the South and West Africa. From then Mozambique shared a regional national assembly with Swaziland and Lesotho which by then had about 2500 Baháʼís and 23 Assemblies. At this inaugural convention Rudolfo Duna from Mozambique was able to attend the convention in Swaziland. A regional conference held at
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was head of the religion and began to re-organized the Baháʼí communities of Africa, by splitting off national communities to form their own National Assemblies from 1964 though the 1990s. In 1964 the regional assembly of South and West Africa had some 3,600 Baháʼís and 36 local assemblies. However,
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traveled through Mozambique as part of a tour of many African countries. However she was only able to spend one night there where she met with a few of the Portuguese Baháʼís for an informal social evening in the lobby of the hotel she was staying at as there were restrictions on holding meetings.
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was present in small numbers across 15 countries of southern Africa. To administer these communities a regional National Spiritual Assembly was elected in South West Africa to cover them. Its region included South Africa, Mauritius, Reunion Island, St Helena, Bechuanaland, Basutoland, Northern
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beginning by giving greater freedom to women, promulgating the promotion of female education as a priority concern, and that involvement was given practical expression by creating schools, agricultural coops, and clinics. The religion entered a new phase of activity when a message of the
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had been accomplished. The 1972 members of the Swaziland and Mozambique national assembly were Jacob Mdiuli, John Allen, Benjamin Dlamini, Charles Ducker, Charles Caprez, Valera Allen, Margaret Shongwe, Ruth Dlamini, Angelica Duna. Also in later 1972 the first
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In 1977 Swaziland elected their own national assembly and Angola and Mozambique continued with a shared assembly. From 1978 to 1992 Angola and Mozambique shared a regional national assembly. In 1985 the Baháʼís of Mozambique elected their first
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In 1973-4 Mozambique was among the national communities that responded to a survey on status of women in the community which was tabulated and summarized for the 1974 Statement to the 25th session of the UN Commission on the Status of Women.
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came through on the way to what was then Rhodesia, now Zimbabwe. The Mozambique Baháʼí community participated in successive stages of regional organization across southern Africa from 1956 through the election of its first Mozambique Baháʼí
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Item 4 (A) of the provisional agenda: international instruments and national standards relating to the status of women: implementation of the Declaration on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women and related
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At the April 1972 inaugural convention of regional assembly of Swaziland and Mozambique the first sizable delegation from Mozambique had been able to attend – six attended - and they announced that translations into
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The Area Teaching Committee of Southern Rhodesia and Northern Mozambique held a conference on the progress of the religion chaired by Hastings Hojane in November 1958 and meetings continued through 1960.
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20 October 2008 to celebrate recent achievements in grassroots community-building and to plan their next steps in organizing in their home areas. Just two weeks later twin conferences were held - one in
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in 1916-1917 by ʻAbdu'l-Bahá, then head of the religion, asked the followers of the religion to travel to regions of Africa; these letters were compiled together in the book titled
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Another known early pioneer was Charlotte Pinto who attended a national convention of the Baháʼís of the United States on return from Mozambique in April 1957.
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In 2007 the Baháʼís cooperated in an anti-malaria project with a broad group of religions. Regional conferences were called for by the
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In early 1976 Angola was added to the regional assembly with Mozambique and Swaziland. In 1976 a compilation of prayers in the
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suggested it as a place to take the religion to in 1916. The first known Baháʼí to enter the region was in 1951–52 at
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Rhodesia, Southern Rhodesia, Nyasaland, Madagascar, Mozambique, South-West Africa, Angola, Zululand and Swaziland.
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Synopsis of References to the Baháʼí Faith, in the US State Department's Reports on Human Rights 1991-2000
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By the end of 1963 a summary of the state of the worldwide community mentions the state in Mozambique as:
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Probably the first Baháʼís to enter the region were Eric and Terry Manton who landed in 1951–2 at
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and Hand of the Cause Rúhíyyih Khanum which reached her while she was at the dedication for the
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dated 20 October 1983 was released. Baháʼís were urged to seek out ways, compatible with the
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was elected in 1985. Since 1984 the Baháʼís have begun to hold development projects. The
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Following her trip, a Baháʼí in jail in Mozambique made some rings for members of the
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in 1969, was conducted by the Goals Committee of Mozambique, with people coming from
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National Spiritual Assembly of the Baháʼís of South Africa (1997).
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who returned to Portugal also had contact with the Baháʼí Faith.
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This note concerns references to Africa in the Baháʼí Writings
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The Babi and Baha'i Religions: An Annotated Bibliography
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Since its inception the religion has had involvement in
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General Essay on the Religions of Sub-Saharan Africa
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Index

a series
Baháʼí Faith

Baháʼu'lláh
The Báb
ʻAbdu'l-Bahá
Teachings
Unity of God
Unity of humanity
Unity of religion
Laws
Prayer
Calendar
Nineteen Day Feast
Kitáb-i-Aqdas
Kitáb-i-Íqán
The Hidden Words
Some Answered Questions
Other Texts
Covenant of Baháʼu'lláh
Administrative Order
The Guardianship
Universal House of Justice
Spiritual Assemblies
Baháʼí history
Timeline
Bábism
Persecution
Shoghi Effendi
Hands of the Cause

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