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The history
of Rotary in Africa
The Co-Chair for History is RGHF senior
historian Basil Lewis,
UK, 16 July 2008
The Chair for History in Africa is
PDG AMU SHAH Webmaster is
Sam Samu
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 The history of Rotary in Africa dates back to 1921 when
the Rotary Club of Johannesburg, South Africa, was founded.
In 1929, the Rotary Club of Cairo, Egypt, brought Rotary to
North Africa, while a year later, it entered East Africa
with the admission of Rotary Club of Nairobi, Kenya. The
Rotary Club of Dakar, Senegal, established in 1939 was the
first club in West Africa. Today, there are well over 20,000
Rotarians in 800 clubs in 51 Africa countries.
THE GUARDIAN
CONSCIENCE, NURTURED BY TRUTH
LAGOS, NIGERIA.
Tuesday, May 20 2003
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The first club in South Africa
was in Johannesburg in 1921 when the prime mover was
R.W. Rusterholz. This club was soon followed by others in
Capetown, Durban, Pretoria, Port Elizabeth and elsewhere, so that
by 1929 there were 12 clubs in South Africa forming part of
District 55, Africa South of the Equator. Rusterholz became
District Governor and was re-elected to serve for 4 years. He
was succeeded by Kenneth Young of Capetown, and subsequently by
Otto Siedle , a past President of the Durban Club. In 1929 a
writer in Durban observed "No longer is a South African Rotarian
looked upon as a singular type, for the movement is now
definitely established as a South African institution. The
country has its place on the Rotary map of the world; its
Rotarians are cultivating the gentle art of fellowship as their
opportunity for service; and to all the world of Rotary overseas
the members of the clubs in District 55 say "Come to South
Africa and when you are here fail not to call upon your fellow
Rotarians in this part of the world.'" In April 1934 Paul
Harris sailed from Southampton on the 'Armadale Castle' to
attend the District conference in South Africa in the place of
RI President John Nelson, returning from there in May on the
'Winchester Castle' RGHF senior historian
Basil Lewis, UK, 16
July 2008
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The United Nations lists five
regions of Africa |
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Central Middle Africa
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 Angola
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 Burundi
(see also Eastern Africa)
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 Cameroon
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 Central African Rep
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 Chad
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 Congo
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 Dem. Rep. Congo (Zaire)
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 Gabon
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 Guinea
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 Malawi
(Formerly Nyasaland)
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 Rwanda
( see also Eastern Africa)
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 São
Tomé and Principe
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Northern Africa
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 Algeria
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Egypt
(New)
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 Libya
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Morocco
(New)
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 Sudan
(See also Eastern Africa)
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 Tunisia
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 Western
Sahara
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Southern Africa
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 Botswana
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 Lesotho
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 Namibia
(formerly South West Africa)
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 South
Africa
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 Swaziland
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The
Democratic Republic of the Congo and
 Tanzania, though more commonly reckoned in
Central and Eastern Africa respectively, are
occasionally included in Southern Africa.
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 Mozambique
and
 Madagascar – also included in Eastern
Africa
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 Zambia
(Formerly Northern Rhodesia)
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 Zimbabwe
(Formerly Southern Rhodesia)
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Western Africa
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 Benin
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 Burkina
Faso
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 Cape
Verde
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Equatorial Guinea
(New)
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Gambia
(New)
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 Ghana
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 Guinea Bissau
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 Ivory
Coast
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 Liberia
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 Mali
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 Mauritania
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 Niger
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Nigeria
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 Senegal
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 Sierra
Leone
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 Togo
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Dependencies (some in the Atlantic)
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.gif) Mayotte
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 French
Saint Helena
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Autonomous regions
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Canary Islands
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Spanish
community/region
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Ceuta City in Southern Spain
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Madeira Islands
Portuguese region
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Melilla City in North Africa
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Comoros
Djibouti
Ethiopia
Somalia
