Chronology: Date 1975-04-21

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date	event	tags	firsts
1975 Ridván 197-	The zone of Northwestern Africa was split into the two separate zones of Northern and Western Africa and to each of which were transferred parts of the Central and East African zone. The zone of Northern Africa comprised of Egypt, Libya, Tunisia, Algeria, Morocco and Spanish Sahara. The zone of Western Africa consisted of Mauritania, Sénégal, the Gambia, Guinea-Bissau, the Cape Verde Islands, Guinea, Mali, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Upper Volta, Niger, Ghana, Togo, Dahomey, Nigeria, Chad, Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, and São Tomé and Príncipe. [Message of the Universal House of Justice dated 6 January 1975] In 1976 there was a ban on the Faith in Mali.	National Spiritual Assembly, formation
1975 Ridván 197-	The Universal House of Justice changed the name of the National Spiritual Assembly of North East Africa to the National Spiritual Assembly of Ethiopia. The only difference in the area of jurisdiction was that it no longer included Somalia. [BW16:144]	Addis Ababa, Ethiopia; Ethiopia; National Spiritual Assembly, formation	first NSA Ethiopia
1975 Ridván 197-	The National Spiritual Assembly of Upper West Africa was formed with its seat in Dakar, Senegal. The name was later changed to the National Spiritual Assembly of Senegal. [BW16:141] Jurisdiction: Senegal, Mauritania, Guinea-Bissau and the Cape Verde Islands.	Dakar, Senegal; National Spiritual Assembly, formation; Senegal	first NSA Upper West Africa
1975 Ridván 197-	The National Spiritual Assembly of Togo was formed with its seat in Lomé. [BW16:141] Prior to this, the Bahá'í community in Togo was administrated by the National Spiritual Assembly of Dahomey, Togo and Niger from 1970 to 1975.	Lomé, Togo; National Spiritual Assembly, formation; Togo	first NSA Togo
1975 Ridván 197-	The National Spiritual Assembly of The Gambia was formed with its seat in Banjul. [BW16:165]	Banjul (Bathurst), The Gambia; Gambia, The; National Spiritual Assembly, formation	first NSA The Gambia
1975 Ridván 197-	The National Spiritual Assembly of Sierra Leone was formed with its seat in Freetown. [BW16:141]	Freetown, Sierra Leone; National Spiritual Assembly, formation; Sierra Leone	first NSA Sierra Leone
1975 Ridván 197-	The National Spiritual Assembly of Niger was formed with its seat in Niamey. [BW16:141] Prior to this, the Bahá'í community in Niger was administrated by the National Spiritual Assembly of Dahomey, Togo and Niger from 1970 to 1975.	National Spiritual Assembly, formation; Niger	first NSA Niger
1975 Ridván 197-	The National Spiritual Assembly of Jordan was formed with its seat in Amman. From 1970 it was a part of the National Spiritual Assembly of the Near East with its seat in Lebanon and jurisdiction over Lebanon, Jordon and Syria. This left the National Spiritual Assembly of Lebanon with its seat in Beirut and jurisdiction over Syria. [BW16:264] For picture see BW16:452.	Amman, Jordan; Jordan; Lebanon; National Spiritual Assembly, formation; Syria	first NSA Jordan
1975 Ridván 197-	The National Spiritual Assembly of Benin was formed. Prior to this the Bahá'í community in Benin was administrated by the National Spiritual Assembly of Dahomey, Togo and Niger from 1970 to 1975. It was called the National Spiritual Assembly of Dahomey until 1976 when it was renamed the National Spiritual Assembly of Benin. [BW16:161]	Benin; National Spiritual Assembly, formation
1975 Ridván 197-	The first local spiritual assembly to be elected among the Meo tribes, Laotian refugees in northern Thailand, was formed. [BW16:262]	Local Spiritual Assembly; Thailand	first Local Spiritual Assembly among Meo tribes, Laotian refugees
1975 Ridván 197-	In the chaos related to the final days of the Vietnam War, a national convention could not be held and the election of the National Spiritual Assembly was conducted by mailed ballot. At this time it was estimated that the Bahá'í population of Vietnam was around 200,000. [Bahaipedia] The reunification of the country took place on the 30th of April, 1975. "Vietnam was reunified under a communist government, who proscribed the practice of the religion from 1975 to 1992, leading to a sharp drop in community numbers." []	Conventions, National; Vietnam
1975 Ridván 197-	By this time the Bahá'í communities of Liberia and Guinea had developed sufficiently to merit their own Regional Spiritual Assembly. Previously they had been administrated by the National Spiritual Assembly of West Africa which had been formed in 1964 and re-formed in 1970. This new administrative unit, the National Spiritual Assembly of Liberia and Guinea, operated until 1982 when they each formed an independent national assembly. [BW98-99p54-55]	Guinea; Liberia; National Spiritual Assembly, formation


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