In the Begining
National Spiritual Assembly
In December 1998, the National Spiritual Assembly appointed the first Regional Baha’i Council for the North. By 2000 the seat of the National Spiritual Assembly was moved from Limbe in Blantyre to Lilongwe after a successful completion of the construction of the National Baha’i Centre in Area 14.
The Tour of Malawi
Another historic event worth recognizing was the visit of the Guardian of the Faith, Hand of the Cause of God, Amatul’Baha Ruhiyyih Khanum with her travel companion Violette Nakhjavani in May 1972. They toured Malawi in the company of Counsellor Fat’he-Aazam and had also an audience with Dr. Banda the..Read More
Meeting the President Dr. Kamuzu Banda
Hand of the Cause of God late Enoch Olinga visited Malawi and him along with Fat’Azam and Brian Eames made up a delegation to meet with the then Malawi President Dr. Hastings Kamuzu Banda with the aim of introducing the Faith to him. The meeting was a success and by..Read More
The First National Baha’i Convention
The long-awaited National Baha’i Convention took place at Amalika in Thyolo in 1970, Hand of the Cause of God, Paul Haney represented the Universal House of Justice. At the end of the Convention the delegates had elected their first ever National Spiritual Assembly comprising of two women and seven men..Read More
Local Spiritual Assemblies
By 1967, there were 6 Baha`i Local Spiritual Assemblies in Malawi and these were in Balaka, Bilila, Bawi, Limbe and Milanje. In the same year, Baha`is in Malawi started nursing the idea of having their own National Spiritual Assembly. In 1968 the idea was tabled and was agreed.
International Attention
In 1956, Malawi started receiving international pioneers with Claire Gung arriving to pioneer in Blantyre on 25th April. Later in November the same year, Joseph and Petal Arnott and their children arrived in Lilongwe from Northern Rhodesia to pioneer. As the teaching went on the number of Baha’is increased that..Read More
Spreading the Bahá’í Faith
Dudley Smith Kumtendere in 1953, introduced the Faith in his home town in Songani, Zomba. He held children classes and went about teaching the Faith in the neighboring villages. The first person whom Dudley taught and became a Baha’i was his own brother Douglas. The two joined forces and taught..Read More
Bahá’í Faith in Malawi
Malawi “the warm heart of Africa” became the home of the new religion “THE BAHA’I FAITH” in the early 1950s. Dudley Smith Kumtendere was the first Malawian to become a Baha’i. Kumtendere came to know about the Faith while working in Tanganyika (now Tanzania) from a man called Philip Hainsworth.
