Comments on: Joaquim Sampaio: A Baha’i Martyr’s Legacy in Angola https://bahaiteachings.org/joaquim-sampaio-a-bahai-martyrs-legacy-in-angola/ Personal perspectives inspired by Baha'i teachings Tue, 10 Dec 2024 14:43:37 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.3.2 By: Marco Oliveira https://bahaiteachings.org/joaquim-sampaio-a-bahai-martyrs-legacy-in-angola/#comment-66900 Tue, 10 Dec 2024 14:43:37 +0000 https://bahaiteachings.org/?p=86276#comment-66900 In reply to Wandra Harmsen.

Dear Wandra,
There is a book called “Heroes and Heroines of the Ten Year Crusade in Southern Africa” (by Lowell Johnson e Edith Johnson), that mentions many of the early Baha’is in Angola and Mozambique. This book has short biographies of those Baha’is from Malanje and Luanda in the 1950s and 1960s. Several were arrested by PIDE and sent to the prison camp at Baia dos Tigres.
The interesting point for me was to find copies of PIDE’s archives (at the Baha’i Center in Lisbon) with statements and documents from Mr. Sampaio and other Baha’is.
Unfortunately, I have not found any official document mentioning Mr. Sampaio’s death. I presume his death wasn’t registered, like many other Angolans who died at the hands of PIDE in those days.

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By: Derek Sithole https://bahaiteachings.org/joaquim-sampaio-a-bahai-martyrs-legacy-in-angola/#comment-66899 Tue, 10 Dec 2024 11:46:38 +0000 https://bahaiteachings.org/?p=86276#comment-66899 Thank you Mr. Marco for the wonderful story of our illustrious Mr. Sampaio whose light shines forevermore in all the worlds of our Creator

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By: Wandra Harmsen https://bahaiteachings.org/joaquim-sampaio-a-bahai-martyrs-legacy-in-angola/#comment-66892 Mon, 09 Dec 2024 21:30:56 +0000 https://bahaiteachings.org/?p=86276#comment-66892 A wonderful article, Marco! I didn’t know these details about the death of Joaquim Sampaio. I suspect that there may be other Bahá’ís who also disappeared at the hands of PIDE and about whom we have few, if any details. Thank you so much for sharing this important history with all of us.

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