Religious Society Of Friends In Africa
There are about 157,000 members of the Religious Society of Friends, or Quakers, in Africa. African Friends make up around 46% of Friends internationally, the largest proportion in any one continent. Kenya has the largest number of Quakers in a single nation – about 133,000 in the year 2008 (according to the Friends World Committee for Consultation).
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