Enoch Olinga

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Enoch Olinga (1926 – 1979) was born to a Christian family of the Iteso ethnic group in Uganda. In 1952 he became a Bahá'í in Kampala. In 1953 he became the first Bahá'í pioneer to British Cameroon, and was given the title Knight of Bahá'u'lláh for that country.

In October 1957 Shoghi Effendi appointed him as a Hand of the Cause of God, after which he travelled all over the world.

On 16 September 1979, Olinga, his wife and three of his children were murdered by unknown gunmen. Since 2000 the Olinga Foundation for Human Development has offered training in remote primary and junior secondary schools in Ghana's Western Region.^[1]

[edit] References

• Harper, Barron (1997). Lights of Fortitude, Paperback, Oxford, UK: George Ronald. ISBN 0-85398-413-1. 

[edit] External links

• Enoch Olinga, Hand of the Cause of God, Father of Victories by Richard Francis

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