{"id":1820,"date":"2022-03-31T19:48:14","date_gmt":"2022-03-31T19:48:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dahls.net\/bahai\/?page_id=1820"},"modified":"2026-02-24T12:01:44","modified_gmt":"2026-02-24T12:01:44","slug":"africa-1973","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/dahls.net\/bahai\/africa-1973\/","title":{"rendered":"Africa 1973"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;font-size:25px;\"><strong>Africa 1973<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>To view photos as a slide show, click on the thumbnail after allowing the whole page to download.<br \/>\nYou can then browse backwards and forwards. In Windows, Press F11 to view full-screen, and F11 again to exit.<br \/>\nTo return to this screen (with thumbnails), click on the photo or press Esc.<br \/>\nTo download a photo, open the large version in the slide show view. In Windows right-click,<br \/>\nand on a Mac ctrl-click, and then choose the option to download. Photos can be used with attribution.<br \/>\n<\/em><\/p>\n<p>After volunteering at the International Bah\u00e1\u2019\u00ed Convention in Haifa in 1973, my travels visiting Bah\u00e1\u2019\u00ed communities took me down the East Coast and up the West Coast of Africa. Here are my <a href=\"https:\/\/dahls.net\/bahai\/wp-content\/documents\/greg-dahls-travel-teacher-report-africa-1973.pdf\">travel teacher reports for Africa<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Click to jump to:<br \/>\n<a href=\"#Ethiopia\">Ethiopia<\/a>&nbsp; <a href=\"#Kenya\">Kenya<\/a>&nbsp; <a href=\"#Tanzania\">Tanzania<\/a>&nbsp; <a href=\"#Malawi\">Malawi<\/a>&nbsp; <a href=\"#Rhodesia\">Rhodesia<\/a>&nbsp; <a href=\"#SAfrica\">S. Africa<\/a>&nbsp; <a href=\"#Lesotho\">Lesotho<\/a>&nbsp; <a href=\"#Swaziland\">Swaziland<\/a>&nbsp;<br \/>\n<a href=\"#Botswana\">Botswana<\/a>&nbsp; <a href=\"#Zambia\">Zambia<\/a>&nbsp; <a href=\"#Zaire\">Zaire<\/a>&nbsp; <a href=\"#Cameroon\">Cameroon<\/a>&nbsp; <a href=\"#Benin\">Benin<\/a>&nbsp; <a href=\"#Ghana\">Ghana<\/a>&nbsp; <a href=\"#Liberia\">Liberia<\/a>&nbsp; <a href=\"#Gambia\">The Gambia<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a name=\"Eritrea\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Eritrea<\/strong> 16-17 May 1973<br \/>\nngg_shortcode_0_placeholderThe National Bah\u00e1\u2019\u00ed Center in Asmara, and a meeting there.<\/p>\n<p><a name=\"Ethiopia\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Ethiopia<\/strong> 18-19 May 1973<br \/>\nngg_shortcode_1_placeholderThe National Bah\u00e1\u2019\u00ed Center in Addis Ababa.<\/p>\n<p><a name=\"Kenya\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Kenya<\/strong> 19-23 May 1973<br \/>\nngg_shortcode_2_placeholderA teaching trip to the village of Gatimu, and a view of Mount Kilimanjaro.<\/p>\n\n <div id=\"wrapperMI_0\" class=\"wrap-mjp nostop \" style=\"float:right; 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Louise Adaikkalam and Reza Haidari in Banjul, the National Bah\u00e1\u2019\u00ed Center there, and the Temple site where peanuts are grown.<\/p>\n<p>Click for <a title=\"travel teacher report Africa 1973\" href=\"https:\/\/dahls.net\/bahai\/wp-content\/documents\/greg-dahls-travel-teacher-report-africa-1973.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">my report on this trip.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa 1973 To view photos as a slide show, click on the thumbnail after allowing the whole page to download. 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