• PEOPLE NAME: LOKOYA OF SOUTH SUDAN

Affinity Group: Sub-Saharan African Peoples

Affinity Bloc: Sub-Saharan African

People Cluster: Nilotic

Language: Lokoya - (lky)

Alternate Name(s): Lowoi, Oirya, Lokoja

Primary Religion: Ethnoreligion - Animism

Country: South Sudan

Also found in:

Population: 61,000

Global Population: 61,000


PEID: 12084

ROP: 105830

Progress of the Gospel: Engaged yet Unreached

Global Status of Evangelical Christianity: Less than 2% Evangelical, No Active CP Activity


Overview: The Lokoya of South Sudan, numbering 61,000, are Engaged yet Unreached. They are part of the Nilotic people cluster within the Sub-Saharan African affinity bloc. This people group is only found in South Sudan. Their primary language is Lokoya. The primary religion practiced by the Lokoya is animism, a religious worldview that natural physical entities--including animals, plants, and even inanimate objects--possess a spiritual essence.


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