The Hausa of Algeria

The Hausa of Algeria, numbering approximately 12,500 people, are Unengaged and Unreached. They are a Hausa diaspora of people from northern Nigeria and southern Niger, whose long-distance trading and trans-Saharan migration established communities beyond Hausaland. They mostly adhere to Sunni Islam and Hausa is their primary language.

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Fast Facts:

Affinity Group: Sub-Saharan African Peoples
Country: Algeria
People Cluster: Hausa
Primary Language(s): Hausa (hau)
Primary Religion(s): Sunni Islam
Population: 12,500
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): Unengaged and Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): Less than 2% Evangelical, No Recent CP Activity
People Group ID: PG011263
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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Sunni Islam
Religious Affiliation: Islam

100%
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Sunni Islam Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: Hausa
Language Family: Afro-Asiatic

99%
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Hausa Speakers

Media Resources in Hausa:

Films:
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JESUSView Film
MagdalenaView Film
The SaviorView Film

3 films

Bible Resources in Hausa:

3 entries

Or check out the Hausa bible at Bible.com

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Unengaged and Unreached

Strategic Priority Index (SPI): Unengaged and Unreached (SPI: 0), which means there are less than 2% evangelical Christian populations among which there are no known efforts focused on establishing self-sustaining churches consistent with evangelical faith and practice.
Lostness Priority Index (LPI): Frontier Unreached People Group, (LPI: 0), < 0.1% Evangelical.
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): Less than 2% Evangelical, No Recent CP Activity (GSEC: 1), this people group is less than 2% evangelical, some evangelical resources are available, but there has been no active church planting among them within the past two years

Next steps for the Hausa:
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Pray specifically for the Hausa of Algeria

Some trust in chariots and some in horses, but we trust in the name of the LORD our God.
readPsalm 20:7

Pray for those who trust in anything other than the Lord to be convicted of their sin and learn about what Jesus did for them so that they can choose to trust in Him.

Again Jesus spoke to them, saying, "I am the light of the world. Whoever follows me will not walk in darkness, but will have the light of life."
readJohn 8:12

Pray that many will come to know Jesus, the light of the world, and have the light of life instead of walking in darkness.

My Father, who has given them to me, is greater than all, and no one is able to snatch them out of the Father’s hand.
readJohn 10:29

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ, they will rejoice as they remember that they can never lose their salvation

Being then God's offspring, we ought not to think that the divine being is like gold or silver or stone, an image formed by the art and imagination of man.
readActs 17:29

Pray that God will send out laborers to tell people of the one true God and, as the good news is shared, bring about repentance and belief as they turn from idols and follow Jesus.

Hausa Across Countries (ROP3 - 103733) reported in the following countries:

Strategic Progress Index
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19 people groups

PhotoPeople Group IDNameCountryPopulation ▼Strategic Progress IndexLanguageReligion
HausaHausaNigeria40,630,000Engaged yet UnreachedHausaFolk Islam
HausaHausaNiger16,190,000Engaged yet UnreachedHausaFolk Islam
HausaHausaSudan1,060,000Engaged yet UnreachedHausaSunni Islam
HausaHausaCote d’Ivoire484,000Engaged yet UnreachedHausaFolk Islam
HausaHausaCameroon433,000Engaged yet UnreachedHausaFolk Islam
HausaHausaGhana323,000Engaged yet UnreachedHausaFolk Islam
HausaHausaChad296,000Engaged yet UnreachedHausaFolk Islam
HausaHausaEthiopia134,000Unengaged and UnreachedHausaSunni Islam
HausaHausaGabon45,000Unengaged and UnreachedHausaFolk Islam
HausaHausaBenin44,500Unengaged and UnreachedHausaFolk Islam
HausaHausaCentral African Republic41,500Unengaged and UnreachedHausaFolk Islam
HausaHausaEquatorial Guinea32,500Unengaged and UnreachedHausaFolk Islam
HausaHausaTogo26,000Unengaged and UnreachedHausaFolk Islam
HausaHausaAlgeria12,500Unengaged and UnreachedHausaSunni Islam
HausaHausaCongo12,500Unengaged and UnreachedHausaFolk Islam
HausaHausaBurkina Faso12,000Engaged yet UnreachedHausaFolk Islam
HausaHausaUnited States5,400Unengaged and UnreachedHausaSunni Islam
HausaHausaGuinea1,500Engaged yet UnreachedHausaSunni Islam
HausaHausaCanada375Engaged yet UnreachedHausaSunni Islam

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