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Baháʼí Faith in Ethiopia
The Baháʼí Faith in Ethiopia began after ʻAbdu'l-Bahá wrote letters encouraging taking the religion to Africa in 1916.[1] Probably the first Baháʼí to settle in the country came in early 1934[2] and with further pioneers by mid-1934,[3] the first Baháʼí Local Spiritual Assembly of the country was elected in November in Addis Ababa.[4] In 1962, Ethiopia Baháʼís had elected a National Spiritual Assembly.[5] By 1963 there were seven localities with smaller groups of Baháʼís in the country.[6] The Association of Religion Data Archives estimated some 27000 Baháʼís in 2005.[7] The community celebrated its diamond jubilee in January 2009.[8]
Beginnings
ʻAbdu'l-Bahá's Tablets of the Divine Plan
ʻAbdu'l-Bahá wrote a series of letters, or tablets, to the followers of the religion in the United States and Canada in 1916-1917; these letters were compiled together in the book Tab