• PEOPLE NAME: KWAYA OF TANZANIA


PEID: 14971

ROP: 105533

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Affinity Group: Sub-Saharan African Peoples

Affinity Bloc: Sub-Saharan African

People Cluster: Bantu, Central-Lakes

Language: Kwaya - (kya)

Alternate Name(s): Kikwaya, Ruri

Primary Religion: Ethnoreligion - Animism

Country: Tanzania

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Population: 194,000

Global Population: 194,000


PEID: 14971

ROP: 105533

Progress of the Gospel: Engaged yet Unreached

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


Overview: The Kwaya of Tanzania, numbering 194,000, are Engaged yet Unreached. They are part of the Bantu, Central-Lakes people cluster within the Sub-Saharan African affinity bloc. This people group is only found in Tanzania. Their primary language is Kwaya. The primary religion practiced by the Kwaya is animism, a religious worldview that natural physical entities--including animals, plants, and even inanimate objects--possess a spiritual essence.


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