As we review the annals of our Faith we see that since the
days of the Blessed Beauty and up to the early 1950s, the activities of the
friends in Africa had produced the formation of one National Spiritual Assembly
with its seat in Cairo, Egypt, the opening of 12 countries to the light of the
Faith, and some 50 localities established throughout its vast lands. It was at such a time that the beloved
Guardian ushered in the first African Teaching Plan, to be followed during the
remaining years of his ministry and in subsequent years after his passing, by a
series of challenging and bravely executed plans designed to implant the banner
of the Faith throughout the length and breadth of that continent and its
neighbouring islands.
- The Universal
House of Justice (From a message dated 19 August 1982 addressed to the friends
gathered at the Baha'i International Conference at Lagos; ‘Messages from the
Universal House of Justice 1963-1986’)