TY  - BOOK
AU  - Lee,Anthony A.
TI  - The Baha'i faith in Africa: establishing a new religious movement, 1952-1962 
T2  - Studies of religion in Africa
SN  - 9789004226005
AV  - BP355.A35 L44 2011eb
U1  - 297.9/309609045 23
PY  - 2011///
CY  - Leiden, Boston
PB  - Brill
KW  - Bahai Faith
KW  - Africa
KW  - History
KW  - Foi bahaïe
KW  - Afrique
KW  - Histoire
KW  - RELIGION
KW  - Baha'i
KW  - bisacsh
KW  - fast
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index; The Babi/Baha'i movement -- The African presence at the genesis of the Babi/Baha'i religions -- Opting for the apocalypse: the Baha'i response to the modern crisis in the Middle East and West Africa -- Planting the Baha'i faith in West Africa: the first decade -- The roots of Baha'i conversion in British Cameroons -- British Cameroons: a movement develops -- The Baha'i church of Calabar -- In lieu of a conclusion
N2  - One million Baha'is live in africa. This is the first academic volume to explore the history of this movement on the continent. The book discusses the diverse and contractivory American, Iranian, British, and African contributions to this new religious movement
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