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The Hausa of Cote d’Ivoire

The Hausa of Cote d’Ivoire, numbering approximately 484,000 people, are Engaged yet Unreached. They are a West African diaspora people of Hausa origin, descended from communities rooted in Hausaland of northern Nigeria and southern Niger who established trading and settlement communities in Côte d'Ivoire while maintaining a broader Hausa identity. They mostly adhere to Folk Islam and Hausa is their primary language.

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Fast Facts:

Affinity Group: Sub-Saharan African Peoples
Country: Cote d’Ivoire
People Cluster: Hausa
Primary Language(s): Hausa (hau)
Primary Religion(s): Folk Islam
Population: 484,000
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): Engaged yet Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): Less than 2% Evangelical, No Recent CP Activity
People Group ID: PG013089
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Pray for the Hausa of Cote d’Ivoire

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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Folk Islam
Religious Affiliation: Islam

99%
%
Folk Islam Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: Hausa
Language Family: Afro-Asiatic

100%
%
Hausa Speakers

Media Resources in Hausa:

Films:
TitleLink
JESUSView Film
MagdalenaView Film
The SaviorView Film

3 films

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Bible Resources in Hausa:

Bible Name (Translation)VideoAudioText
1979 Bible Society of Nigeria✓
Common Language Version (FCBH Audio)✓✓
Littafi Mai Tsarki✓

3 entries

Provided by Faith Comes by Hearing

Or check out the Hausa bible at Bible.com

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SPI: Unreached yet Engaged

The Hausa are Engaged yet Unreached, which means there are less than 2% evangelical Christian populations but there are sustained efforts at establishing self-sustaining churches consistent with evangelical faith and practice.

Next steps for the Hausa:
Continue prayer and fasting for this group
Continue gospel seed sowing and church planting among this group
Begin training up local leaders to lead and develop strategies to reach their own people

Pray specifically for the Hausa of Cote d’Ivoire

For God alone my soul waits in silence; from him comes my salvation.
readPsalm 62:1

Pray that those who are troubled and don't know about the God who saves will hear the good news and find rest in the one true God who can offer salvation for their souls.

There is no speech, nor are there words, whose voice is not heard.
readPsalm 19:3

Pray that God will lead them to His Word, and where it is not available, ask that He will raise up those who will produce gospel media in their heart language.

There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither slave nor free, there is no male and female, for you are all one in Christ Jesus.
readGalatians 3:28

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ, they will be united in Christ across all differences of ethnicity, social status, and gender.

For great is the Lord, and greatly to be praised; he is to be feared above all gods.
readPsalm 96:4

Pray that God will raise up believers to declare His glory among the lost, so that they may know that He is great and greatly to be praised, that He is exalted above all gods.

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

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19 people groups

PhotoPeople Group IDNameCountryPopulation ▼Strategic Progress IndexLanguageReligion
HausaPG013828HausaNigeria40,640,000Engaged yet UnreachedHausaFolk Islam
HausaPG013600HausaNiger16,190,000Engaged yet UnreachedHausaFolk Islam
HausaPG012037HausaSudan1,060,000Engaged yet UnreachedHausaSunni Islam
HausaPG013089HausaCote d’Ivoire484,000Engaged yet UnreachedHausaFolk Islam
HausaPG012616HausaCameroon433,000Engaged yet UnreachedHausaFolk Islam
HausaPG013336HausaGhana323,000Engaged yet UnreachedHausaFolk Islam
HausaPG011360HausaChad296,000Engaged yet UnreachedHausaFolk Islam
HausaPG042724HausaEthiopia134,000Unengaged and UnreachedHausaSunni Islam
HausaPG013188HausaGabon45,000Unengaged and UnreachedHausaFolk Islam
HausaPG012327HausaBenin44,500Unengaged and UnreachedHausaFolk Islam
HausaPG012869HausaCentral African Republic41,500Unengaged and UnreachedHausaFolk Islam
HausaPG013165HausaEquatorial Guinea32,500Unengaged and UnreachedHausaFolk Islam
HausaPG014358HausaTogo26,000Unengaged and UnreachedHausaFolk Islam
HausaPG011263HausaAlgeria12,500Unengaged and UnreachedHausaSunni Islam
HausaPG012971HausaCongo12,500Unengaged and UnreachedHausaFolk Islam
HausaPG012404HausaBurkina Faso12,000Engaged yet UnreachedHausaFolk Islam
HausaPG050354HausaUnited States5,400Unengaged and UnreachedHausaSunni Islam
HausaPG013409HausaGuinea1,500Engaged yet UnreachedHausaSunni Islam
HausaPG047465HausaCanada375Engaged yet UnreachedHausaSunni Islam

To download a comprehensive people group list in spreadsheet form, visit our Research Data page.

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