- 1920-00-00 — Fanny Knobloch arrived in Mozambique, the first Bahá'í to visit this country. She gave some `drawing room talks' at the mansion of the Portuguese Governor-General and spoke at various clubs. [BW2p40]
- 1953-03-25 —
Enayat Sohaili, an Iranian, arrived in Mozambique from India, the first Bahá'í pioneer to the country. [BW13:290]
- He was imprisoned and deported in June 1953. [BW13:290]
- 1955-04-21 — The first local spiritual in Mozambique was established in Lourenço Marques. [BW13:290]
- 1967-04-21 —
The mother region of South and West Africa was divided again and the National Spiritual Assembly of Swaziland, (now eSwatini), Mozambique and Basutoland (now Lesotho) was formed with its seat in Mbabane. That left only Angola, St. Helena, South West Africa, and South Africa under the National Spiritual Assembly of South and West Africa. [BN no608 November 1981 p11; Ridván 1966]
- Those elected to serve were: Bothata Pokane, Wellington Malindise, Christopher Kuhlase, Rudolfo Duna, Benjamin Dlamini, Charles Ducker, John Allen, Dale Allen and Valera Allen. [BW14p96; BN no440 November 1967 p10]
- During the period that the National Spiritual Assembly was in existence from 1967 to 1980 it administered South Africa, South West Africa/Namibia, and St. Helena Island, as well as the newly created countries of Transkei, Bophuthatswana and Venda. [BN no608 November 1981 p11]
- 1972-05-11 —
- 1976-04-21 — The National Spiritual Assembly of Swaziland and Mozambique was given the added responsibility of administering the Faith in Angola and therefore became the National Spiritual Assembly of Swaziland, Mozambique, and Angola. [BN no 608 November 1981 p10]
- 1985-04-21 —
The National Spiritual Assembly of Mozambique was formed with its seat in Maputo. [BW19:62, 147]
- See BW19:526 for picture.
- The war of independence in Mozambique lasted from 1964 to 1975.
- 1992-11-22 — The Bahá'í Faith was mentioned in the media of Mozambique for the first time with three write-ups in Notices, the only newspaper in Maputo, and announcements on Radio Maputo and Radio Mozambique. [BINS292:7]
- 1993-01-17 — The first World Religion Day commemoration to be held in Mozambique took place in Maputo. [BINS290:5; BW92–3:140]
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