• PEOPLE NAME: TOUSSIAN OF BURKINA FASO

Affinity Group: Sub-Saharan African Peoples

Affinity Bloc: Sub-Saharan African

People Cluster: Gur

Language: Northern Toussian - (tsp)

Alternate Name(s): Toussian, Northern, Tusia

Primary Religion: Ethnoreligion - Animism

Country: Burkina Faso

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Population: 38,500

Global Population: 38,500


PEID: 12453

ROP: 110184

Progress of the Gospel: Engaged yet Unreached

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


Overview: The Toussian of Burkina Faso, numbering 38,500, are Engaged yet Unreached. They are part of the Gur people cluster within the Sub-Saharan African affinity bloc. This people group is only found in Burkina Faso. Their primary language is Northern Toussian. The primary religion practiced by the Toussian is animism, a religious worldview that natural physical entities--including animals, plants, and even inanimate objects--possess a spiritual essence.


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