• PEOPLE NAME: SUMBWA OF TANZANIA


PEID: 15046

ROP: 109603

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Affinity Group: Sub-Saharan African Peoples

Affinity Bloc: Sub-Saharan African

People Cluster: Bantu, Central-Tanzania

Language: Sumbwa - (suw)

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Primary Religion: Ethnoreligion - Animism

Country: Tanzania

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Population: 513,000

Global Population: 513,000


PEID: 15046

ROP: 109603

Progress of the Gospel: Engaged yet Unreached

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


Overview: The Sumbwa of Tanzania, numbering 513,000, are Engaged yet Unreached. They are part of the Bantu, Central-Tanzania people cluster within the Sub-Saharan African affinity bloc. This people group is only found in Tanzania. Their primary language is Sumbwa. The primary religion practiced by the Sumbwa is animism, a religious worldview that natural physical entities--including animals, plants, and even inanimate objects--possess a spiritual essence.


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