• PEOPLE NAME: SOUTH GISIGA OF CAMEROON

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PEID: 12783

ROP: 109445

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Affinity Group: Sub-Saharan African Peoples

Affinity Bloc: Sub-Saharan African

People Cluster: Chadic

Language: Giziga - (giz)

Alternate Name(s): South Giziga

Primary Religion: Ethnoreligion - Animism

Country: Cameroon

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Population: 142,000

Global Population: 142,000


PEID: 12783

ROP: 109445

Progress of the Gospel: No Longer Unreached

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


Overview: The South Gisiga of Cameroon, numbering 142,000, are No Longer Unreached. They are part of the Chadic people cluster within the Sub-Saharan African affinity bloc. This people group is only found in Cameroon. Their primary language is Giziga. The primary religion practiced by the South Gisiga is animism, a religious worldview that natural physical entities--including animals, plants, and even inanimate objects--possess a spiritual essence.


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