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PEOPLE GROUP PROFILE

The Kurumba of Burkina Faso

The Kurumba of Burkina Faso, numbering approximately 357,000 people, are Engaged yet Unreached. They are an early-settled Sahel-fringe people of northern Burkina Faso, called Tellem or Nionyonse by their Dogon and Mossi neighbors, historically organized into clan-based kingdoms and linked by tradition to the ancestors of the Dogon. They mostly adhere to Animism and Koromfé is their primary language.

Photo by Google. (2025). Image generated by Gemini 2.5 Flash: Kurumba

Fast Facts:

Affinity Group: Sub-Saharan African Peoples
Country: Burkina Faso
People Cluster: Gur
Primary Language(s): Koromfé (kfz)
Primary Religion(s): Animism
Population: 357,000
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): Engaged yet Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): Less than 2% Evangelical, No Recent CP Activity
People Group ID: PG012415
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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Animism
Religious Affiliation: Ethnoreligion

79%
%
Animism Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: Koromfé
Language Family: Atlantic-Congo

100%
%
Koromfé Speakers

Media Resources in Koromfé:

Films:
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Bible Resources in Koromfé:

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SPI: Unreached yet Engaged

The Kurumba are Engaged yet Unreached, which means there are less than 2% evangelical Christian populations but there are sustained efforts at establishing self-sustaining churches consistent with evangelical faith and practice.

Next steps for the Kurumba:
Continue prayer and fasting for this group
Continue gospel seed sowing and church planting among this group
Begin training up local leaders to lead and develop strategies to reach their own people

Pray specifically for the Kurumba of Burkina Faso

As it is written: “None is righteous, no, not one; no one understands; no one seeks for God".
readRomans 3:10-11

Pray that God will have mercy on those living in broken relationship with Him, and that He will bring many to surrender and repentance at the throne of grace.

Moses said, "Please show me your glory." And he said, "I will make all my goodness pass before you and will proclaim before you my name 'The LORD.' And I will be gracious to whom I will be gracious, and will show mercy on whom I will show mercy."
readExodus 33:18-19

Pray that many will come to know the glory of God, which is revealed in Jesus Christ, and that they will rejoice in the mercy He offers them.

And Jesus came and said to them, "All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you. And behold, I am with you always, to the end of the age."
readMatthew 28:18-20

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ, they will have confidence because Jesus has all authority and is with them as they make disciples and teach others about Him.

The true light, which gives light to everyone, was coming into the world. He was in the world, and the world was made through him, yet the world did not know him.
readJohn 1:9-10

Pray for those God might send to share the gospel here. Ask that they will grow closer to Jesus and be compelled to share His good news with people who don't know it.

Kurumfe Across Countries (ROP3 - 105471) reported in the following countries:

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1 people group

PhotoPeople Group IDNameCountryPopulation ▼Strategic Progress IndexLanguageReligion
KurumbaPG012415KurumbaBurkina Faso357,000Engaged yet UnreachedKoromféAnimism

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