• PEOPLE NAME: KADUNG OF NIGERIA

Affinity Group: Sub-Saharan African Peoples

Affinity Bloc: Sub-Saharan African

People Cluster: Benue

Language: Kadung - (dkg)

Alternate Name(s): Kwanka-Boi-Bijim, Kadun, Kwang, Kwanga, Kwanka, Kwangka, Kwa`?

Primary Religion: Ethnoreligion - Animism

Country: Nigeria

Also found in:

Population: 20,000

Global Population: 20,000


PEID: 50207

ROP: 105525

Progress of the Gospel: Unengaged and Unreached

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


Overview: The Kadung of Nigeria, numbering 20,000, 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 Kadung. The primary religion practiced by the Kadung is animism, a religious worldview that natural physical entities--including animals, plants, and even inanimate objects--possess a spiritual essence.


Bible Translations: Available

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Radio Broadcast: Not Available