In the African continent, where the momentum gained in the process of
propagation of the Faith and the consolidation of its newly-born
administrative institutions has exceeded the rate of progress achieved in
every other continent of the globe, and particularly since the emergence,
a year ago, of three regional spiritual assemblies, the number of the
adherents of the Faith, including those in the newly-opened islands off
the eastern and western coasts of that vast continent, is now well over
thirty-five hundred, over three thousand of whom are Negroes. The number
of localities where the followers of Baha'u'llah reside is over five
hundred and fifty. The number of tribes represented in these flourishing
communities has reached one hundred and ninety-seven. The number of
languages into which Baha'i literature has been and is being translated is
over seventy, whilst the number of local spiritual assemblies,
constituting the bedrock of a solidly established Order, is approaching
one hundred and fifty.