Hausa of Togo (PGID: PG014358)

The Hausa of Togo

The Hausa of Togo, numbering approximately 26,000 people, are Unengaged and 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 Togo 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: Togo
People Cluster: Hausa
Primary Language(s): Hausa (hau)
Primary Religion(s): Folk Islam
Population: 26,000
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): Unengaged and Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): Less than 2% Evangelical, No Recent CP Activity
People Group ID: PG014358
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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:

Title	Link
JESUS	View Film
Magdalena	View Film
The Savior	View Film

3 films

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Bible Resources in Hausa:

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

3 entries

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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

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Whoever believes in him is not condemned, but whoever does not believe is condemned already, because he has not believed in the name of the only Son of God.
John 3:18

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Let the children come to me; do not hinder them, for to such belongs the kingdom of God.
Mark 10:14b

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Set your minds on things that are above, not on things that are on earth.
Colossians 3:2

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ, they will set their minds on things that are above, not on things that are on earth, as they look to Christ for guidance and strength.

The next day again John was standing with two of his disciples, and he looked at Jesus as he walked by and said, “Behold, the Lamb of God!”
John 1:35-36

Pray for those God sends to cross cultures to share the gospel, that they might faithfully share the good news of the Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world.

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

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Engaged yet Unreached UUPG No Longer Unreached

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19 people groups

People Group ID	Name	Country	Population ▼	Strategic Progress Index	Language	Religion
PG013828	Hausa	Nigeria	40,600,000	Engaged yet Unreached	Hausa	Folk Islam
PG013600	Hausa	Niger	16,170,000	Engaged yet Unreached	Hausa	Folk Islam
PG012037	Hausa	Sudan	1,060,000	Engaged yet Unreached	Hausa	Sunni Islam
PG013089	Hausa	Cote d’Ivoire	483,000	Engaged yet Unreached	Hausa	Folk Islam
PG012616	Hausa	Cameroon	433,000	Engaged yet Unreached	Hausa	Folk Islam
PG013336	Hausa	Ghana	323,000	Engaged yet Unreached	Hausa	Folk Islam
PG011360	Hausa	Chad	295,000	Engaged yet Unreached	Hausa	Folk Islam
PG042724	Hausa	Ethiopia	133,000	Unengaged and Unreached	Hausa	Sunni Islam
PG013188	Hausa	Gabon	45,000	Unengaged and Unreached	Hausa	Folk Islam
PG012327	Hausa	Benin	44,000	Unengaged and Unreached	Hausa	Folk Islam
PG012869	Hausa	Central African Republic	41,500	Unengaged and Unreached	Hausa	Folk Islam
PG013165	Hausa	Equatorial Guinea	32,500	Unengaged and Unreached	Hausa	Folk Islam
PG014358	Hausa	Togo	26,000	Unengaged and Unreached	Hausa	Folk Islam
PG011263	Hausa	Algeria	12,500	Unengaged and Unreached	Hausa	Sunni Islam
PG012971	Hausa	Congo	12,500	Unengaged and Unreached	Hausa	Folk Islam
PG012404	Hausa	Burkina Faso	12,000	Engaged yet Unreached	Hausa	Folk Islam
PG050354	Hausa	United States	5,400	Unengaged and Unreached	Hausa	Sunni Islam
PG013409	Hausa	Guinea	1,500	Engaged yet Unreached	Hausa	Sunni Islam
PG047465	Hausa	Canada	375	Engaged yet Unreached	Hausa	Sunni Islam

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