Message of Love and Brotherhood to Africa — Page xi
xi Preface to the Present Edition Hadrat Sahibz a da Mirza Nasir Ahmad rh after having been elected as Khalifatul Masih III, the supreme head of the Ahmadiyya Movement in Islam, visited six countries of West Africa—Nigeria, Ghana, Ivory Coast, Liberia, Gambia and Sierra Leone—in 1970. On his return to Pakistan he delivered a Friday Khu t ba (sermon) on June 12, 1970. In this Khu t ba he gave an account of this tour of his. He expressed his gratitude to Allah for the way he was received by the heads of the States, chiefs of Africa and people of these countries—Ahmadis, Christians, Pagans—and the love that he gave them, and the love that he received from them in return. In the beginning of the sermon he said that the situation he found himself in 'is well nigh impossible to describe', only those who saw and experienced it could appreciate it. He was the first Khalifatul Masih to visit Africa, his objectives were to have the first-hand knowledge of his Community and the people there and to give them the