• PEOPLE NAME: DAGAARI OF GHANA

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PEID: 13298

ROP: 102366

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Affinity Group: Sub-Saharan African Peoples

Affinity Bloc: Sub-Saharan African

People Cluster: Gur

Language: Southern Dagaare - (dga)

Alternate Name(s): Dagaara, Dagati

Primary Religion: Christianity - Neo-Pentecostalism

Country: Ghana

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Population: 1,165,000

Global Population: 1,165,000


PEID: 13298

ROP: 102366

Progress of the Gospel: No Longer Unreached

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


Overview: The Dagaari of Ghana, numbering 1,165,000, are No Longer Unreached. They are part of the Gur people cluster within the Sub-Saharan African affinity bloc. This people group is only found in Ghana. Their primary language is Southern Dagaare. The primary religion practiced by the Dagaari is Neo-Pentecostalism, a movement characterized by manifestations in non-Pentecostal churches of what have been traditionally categorized as Pentecostal experiences, frequently combined with prosperity gospel theology.


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