Many of the gravest ills now afflicting the human race
appear in acute form on the African continent. Racial, tribal and religious
prejudice, disunity of nations, the scourge of political factionalism, poverty
and lack of education are obvious examples. Bahá'ís have a great part to play
-- greater than they may realize -- in the healing of these sicknesses and the
abatement of their worst effects. By their radiant unity, by their "bright
and shining" faces, their self-discipline in zealously following all the
requirements of Bahá'í law, their abstention from politics, their constant
study and proclamation of the Great Message, they will hasten the advent of
that glorious day when all mankind will know its true brotherhood and will bask
in the sunshine of God's love and blessing.
- The Universal House of Justice (From a letter dated January 1971 to the participants at the Monrovia
Conference; compilation ‘Aspects of Traditional African Culture,’ prepared by
the Research department of the Universal House of Justice)
