Early in 1954 the guy came into connection with the new Baha’i Trust using Mr
Munsif‘f for the profitable relatives among the many residents
Mr. Njiki try operating while the an excellent typist which have Cameroon Creativity Co-process (CDC) in your community work environment in Bota out of 1950 so you can 1954. Enoch Olinga, an excellent Ugandan from Teso, Whom, regardless of if he was themselves a somewhat the new Baha’i, had flew step three,000 kms out-of his home to accept within the Western Africa so you’re able to open Cameroon to the Baha’i Believe. Getting their provider within the starting Uk Cameroon on Reason for Baha’u’llah from inside the October 1953, Shoghi Effendi designated Mr. Olinga a beneficial Knight out of Baha’u’llah; when you look at the ed of the Protector a hand of the Produce.
Creating regarding Mr. Olinga inside Baha’i Reports, Get 1984, Mr. Don Addison, who is an ethnomusicologist concentrating on African knowledge and which offered because the a professors associate during the College from Nigeria, Nsukka, out of 1981 up to 1983, said, ‘Whenever you to definitely strives . . . in order to comprehend how solid is the social connections one join an enthusiastic African to his traditional community, in order to their local culture (so because of this so you’re able to their extremely name) it gets much more obvious exactly what an amazing example Enoch Olinga need gone to someone else when he set out to possess Cameroon.
circumstances to possess education otherwise company as being the noticably exclusion), let-alone abroad, therefore the accomplishment you to definitely Mr. Olinga carried out by repaying in Western Africa is actually, into the as well as alone, truly encouraging.’
At worldwide conference held from inside the Kampala, Uganda, out of a dozen in order to 18 March 1953 there have been take a look at message from Shoghi Effendi needing the opening off ‘that stage of the Ten-Seasons Crusade hence, God willing, often culminate throughout the regarding the wonderful Faith in every the rest territories of this big region [Africa] and also the master neighbouring islands lying-in the newest Indian while the Atlantic Waters.’1 One of many 30-around three Virgin territories and you can countries allotted to Africa was Uk Cameroon including French Cameroon. Continua a leggere