• PEOPLE NAME: KAMO OF NIGERIA

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PEID: 13899

ROP: 104535

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Affinity Group: Sub-Saharan African Peoples

Affinity Bloc: Sub-Saharan African

People Cluster: Adamawa-Ubangi

Language: Kamo - (kcq)

Alternate Name(s): Kamu, Nubama

Primary Religion: Ethnoreligion - Animism

Country: Nigeria

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Population: 42,000

Global Population: 42,000


PEID: 13899

ROP: 104535

Progress of the Gospel: No Longer Unreached

Global Status of Evangelical Christianity: 2% or Greater but Less than 5% Evangelical


Overview: The Kamo of Nigeria, numbering 42,000, are No Longer Unreached. They are part of the Adamawa-Ubangi people cluster within the Sub-Saharan African affinity bloc. This people group is only found in Nigeria. Their primary language is Kamo. The primary religion practiced by the Kamo is animism, a religious worldview that natural physical entities--including animals, plants, and even inanimate objects--possess a spiritual essence.


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