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1953 Oct
195-		 Edmund ('Ted') Cardell arrived in Windhoek and wss named a Knight of Bahá'u'lláh for South West Africa (Namibia). [BW13:456]
  • He was later joined by his wife Alicia and the first German Bahá'ís to pioneer to Africa, Martin and Gerda Aiff and their children.
  • In 1955 Hilifa Andreas Nekundi, (also known as Tate Hilifa), was the first Namibian to become a Bahá'í. Mr. Nekundi later served on the first Local Spiritual Assembly of the Baha'is of Windhoek, and the National Spiritual Assembly of the Baha'is of Namibia. [BWNS280]
    		• - Knights of Bahá'u'lláh; Alicia Cardell; Gerda Aiff; Hilifa Andreas Nekundi; Martin Aiff; Namibia; Tate Hilifa; Ted Cardell; Windhoek, Namibia first German Bahá’ís pioneers to Africa; the first Namibian to become a Bahá'í.
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