• PEOPLE NAME: EMAI OF NIGERIA


PEID: 13769

ROP: 102908

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Affinity Group: Sub-Saharan African Peoples

Affinity Bloc: Sub-Saharan African

People Cluster: Guinean

Language: Emai-Iuleha-Ora - (ema)

Alternate Name(s): Kunibum

Primary Religion: Ethnoreligion - Animism

Country: Nigeria

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Population: 254,000

Global Population: 254,000


PEID: 13769

ROP: 102908

Progress of the Gospel: No Longer Unreached

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


Overview: The Emai of Nigeria, numbering 254,000, are No Longer Unreached. They are part of the Guinean people cluster within the Sub-Saharan African affinity bloc. This people group is only found in Nigeria. Their primary language is Emai-Iuleha-Ora. The primary religion practiced by the Emai is animism, a religious worldview that natural physical entities--including animals, plants, and even inanimate objects--possess a spiritual essence.


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