The Baha'i Faith in Africa: Establishing a New Religious Movement, 1952-1962.In 1952, there were probably fewer than 200 Baha'is in all of Africa. Today the Baha'i community claims one million followers on the continent. Yet, the Baha'i presence in Africa has been all but ignored in academic studies up to now. This is the first monograph that addresses the establishment of this New Religious Movement in Africa. Discovering an African presence at the genesis of the religon in Iran, this study seeks to explain why the movement found an appeal in colonial Africa during the 1950s and early 1960. It also explores how the Baha'i faith was influenced and Africanized by its new converts. Finally, the book seeks to make sense of the diverse and contradictory American, Iranian, British, and African elements that established a new religion in Africa. |
Contents
The BabiBahai Movement | 1 |
Chapter Two The African Presence at the Genesis of the BabiBahai Religions | 21 |
The Bahai Response to the Modern Crisis in the Middle East and West Africa | 43 |
The First Decade | 63 |
Chapter Five The Roots of Bahai Conversion in British Cameroons | 115 |
A Movement Develops | 159 |
Chapter Seven The Bahai Church of Calabar | 195 |
Afterword In Lieu of a Conclusion | 219 |
Appendix A List of Bahais in British Cameroons 1958 | 225 |
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