Chronology: Date 1953-09-20

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1953 20 Sep 195-	Countries (in which) Bahá'ís residenow aggregate over (one) hundred fifty. over seventy (have been) added (in the) course (of the) nine years separating (the) first (and) second Jubilees. [From a letter from Shoghi Effendi CBN No 46 November 1953 p1]	- Bahá'í World Centre; Statistics
1953 20 Sep 195-	The arrival of Knight of Bahá'u'lláh Mr. Max Kanyerezi in Middle Congo (now called Republic of Congo). At this time the country was, together with the Central African Republic (CAR), Chad, and Gabon, part of a much larger French territory called the Federation of French Equatorial Africa which was dissolved in 1958. [BWNS246; A Brief Account of the Progress of the Bahá'í Faith in Africa Since 1953 by Nancy Oloro-Robarts and Selam Ahderom p8] Max and his wife Florence later moved back to Uganda where he had been raised. [CG106-107] The website of the Bahá'ís of the Republic of the Congo gives a different date for the arrival of Max Kanyerezi... "Le premier bahá'í au Congo était Max Kanyerezi. Il fut déposé par Violette et Ali Nakhjavani en 1955." (Translation) "The first Bahá'í in Congo was Max Kanyerezi. He was dropped off by Violette and Ali Nakhjavani in 1955." [Reference]	- Africa; - Knights of Bahá'u'lláh; Bahá'í World News Service (BWNS); Congo, Democratic Republic of


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