To the races and tribes inhabiting these territories
throughout the vast African continent, 'Abdu'l-Baha, when His life was in
imminent danger, specifically referred in a Tablet, addressed by Him to the
Cousin of the Báb and Chief Builder of the first Mashriqu'l-Adhkar of the
Baha'i world, in which He predicts, in moving terms, the awakening of the
peoples of that Dark continent and an ultimate triumph of His Father's Faith
among its backward peoples as well as among the great masses inhabiting China
and India.
- Shoghi Effendi (In the handwriting of Shoghi Effendi, appended to a letter dated 15
June 1950 written on his behalf to a National Spiritual Assembly; from a
compilation for inclusion with a memorandum dated 8 October 1987 written by the
Universal House of Justice to the International Teaching Centre)
