• PEOPLE NAME: KOFYAR OF NIGERIA


PEID: 13923

ROP: 105082

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Affinity Group: Sub-Saharan African Peoples

Affinity Bloc: Sub-Saharan African

People Cluster: Chadic

Language: Kofyar - (kwl)

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Primary Religion: Ethnoreligion - Animism

Country: Nigeria

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Population: 205,000

Global Population: 205,000


PEID: 13923

ROP: 105082

Progress of the Gospel: Engaged yet Unreached

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


Overview: The Kofyar of Nigeria, numbering 205,000, are Engaged yet Unreached. They are part of the Chadic people cluster within the Sub-Saharan African affinity bloc. This people group is only found in Nigeria. Their primary language is Kofyar. The primary religion practiced by the Kofyar is animism, a religious worldview that natural physical entities--including animals, plants, and even inanimate objects--possess a spiritual essence.


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