• PEOPLE NAME: BAANGI OF NIGERIA

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PEID: 13652

ROP: 100683

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Affinity Group: Sub-Saharan African Peoples

Affinity Bloc: Sub-Saharan African

People Cluster: Benue

Language: Baangi - (bqx)

Alternate Name(s): Cibaangi

Primary Religion: Ethnoreligion - Animism

Country: Nigeria

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Population: 28,500

Global Population: 28,500


PEID: 13652

ROP: 100683

Progress of the Gospel: Unengaged and Unreached

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


Overview: The Baangi of Nigeria, numbering 28,500, are Unengaged and Unreached. They are part of the Benue people cluster within the Sub-Saharan African affinity bloc. This people group is only found in Nigeria. Their primary language is Baangi. The primary religion practiced by the Baangi is animism, a religious worldview that natural physical entities--including animals, plants, and even inanimate objects--possess a spiritual essence.


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