Photo courtesy of Joshua Project.By Link Up Africa
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QUICK FACTS:
People groups: 7
Population: 664,000
Unreached people groups: 7
UPG population: 664,000
Unengaged UPGs: 4
UUPG population: 117,500
Number of countries: 5
Affinity Bloc: Sub-Saharan African
Overview: The Jola are an ethnic group found in Senegal, The Gambia, and Guinea-Bissau. They primarily live along the Atlantic coast between the southern banks of the Gambia River, in the Casamance region of Senegal and the northern part of Guinea-Bissau. The Jola are believed to have preceded the Mande and Fula peoples inhabiting this coastal area. The Atlantic-Jola people cluster includes several ethnolinguistic varieties of Jola.
Peoples within this cluster: Bandial; Jola-Fonyi; Jola-Karon
Countries where they are found: France; Gambia; Guinea-Bissau; Mauritania; Senegal
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