• PEOPLE NAME: ACHODE OF GHANA

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By Rev. Lloyd S. Chinn

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PEID: 13248

ROP: 100204

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Affinity Group: Sub-Saharan African Peoples

Affinity Bloc: Sub-Saharan African

People Cluster: Guinean

Language: Gikyode - (acd)

Alternate Name(s): Atyoti

Primary Religion: Ethnoreligion - Animism

Country: Ghana

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Population: 16,500

Global Population: 16,500


PEID: 13248

ROP: 100204

Progress of the Gospel: Engaged yet Unreached

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


Overview: The Achode of Ghana, numbering 16,500, are Engaged yet Unreached. They are part of the Guinean people cluster within the Sub-Saharan African affinity bloc. This people group is only found in Ghana. Their primary language is Gikyode. The primary religion practiced by the Achode is animism, a religious worldview that natural physical entities--including animals, plants, and even inanimate objects--possess a spiritual essence.


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