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PEOPLE GROUP PROFILE

The Kasena of Burkina Faso

The Kasena of Burkina Faso, numbering approximately 257,000 people, are Unengaged and Unreached. They are described as a people of Burkina Faso, Nahouri province: Po and Tiebele towns They are an Indigenous people, with Kasena as their ethnic/kinship group and are in the Gur people cluster of the Sub-Saharan African Peoples. Their primary religion is Animism. They primarily speak Kasem.

Photo by Google. (2026). Image generated by Gemini 2.5 Flash: Kasena

Fast Facts:

Affinity Group: Sub-Saharan African Peoples
Country: Burkina Faso
People Cluster: Gur
Primary Language(s): Kasem (xsm)
Primary Religion(s): Animism
Population: 257,000
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): Unengaged and Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): Less than 2% Evangelical, No Recent CP Activity
People Group ID: PG012410
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Pray for the Kasena of Burkina Faso

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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Animism
Religious Affiliation: Ethnoreligion

80%
%
Animism Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: Kasem
Language Family: Atlantic-Congo

100%
%
Kasem Speakers

Media Resources in Kasem:

Films:
TitleLink
JESUSView Film
JESUSView Film

2 films

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Bible Resources in Kasem:

Bible Name (Translation)VideoAudioText
1997 Wycliffe Bible Translators Inc.✓✓✓
2003 Wycliffe Bible Translators Inc.✓✓

2 entries

Provided by Faith Comes by Hearing

Or check out the Kasem bible at Bible.com

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Explore Lostness and Next Steps

Unengaged and Unreached

Strategic Priority Index (SPI): Unengaged and Unreached (SPI: 0), which means there are less than 2% evangelical Christian populations among which there are no known efforts focused on establishing self-sustaining churches consistent with evangelical faith and practice.
Lostness Priority Index (LPI): Expanding Unreached People Group, (LPI: 2), 0.5% or Greater but Less than 2% Evangelical.
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): Less than 2% Evangelical, No Recent CP Activity (GSEC: 1), this people group is less than 2% evangelical, some evangelical resources are available, but there has been no active church planting among them within the past two years

Next steps for the Kasena:
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Pray specifically for the Kasena of Burkina Faso

Just so, I tell you, there will be more joy in heaven over one sinner who repents than over ninety-nine righteous persons who need no repentance.
readLuke 15:7

Pray that God will convict the lost of their sin, give them an urgency to run to Him for forgiveness, and feel His welcoming arms around them when they turn to Him.

Other seeds fell on good soil and produced grain, some a hundredfold, some sixty, some thirty. He who has ears, let him hear.
readMatthew 13:8-9

Pray that they will have open hearts and minds to the Word of God, and that it will take root in their lives and bear fruit for His glory.

And they devoted themselves to the apostles' teaching and the fellowship, to the breaking of bread and the prayers.
readActs 2:42

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ, they will devote themselves to God's Word, to fellowship with each other, and to prayer.

This is the message we have heard from him and proclaim to you, that God is light, and in him is no darkness at all.
read1 John 1:5

Pray that God will raise up believers who can share the gospel with people who don't know the good news of Jesus, that God is light and in him, there is no darkness at all.

Kasena Across Countries (ROP3 - 104705) reported in the following countries:

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2 people groups

PhotoPeople Group IDNameCountryPopulation ▼Strategic Progress IndexLanguageReligion
KasenaPG012410KasenaBurkina Faso257,000Unengaged and UnreachedKasemAnimism
KasenaPG013342KasenaGhana199,000Engaged yet UnreachedKasemAnimism

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