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PEOPLE GROUP PROFILE

The Red Bobo of Burkina Faso

The Red Bobo of Burkina Faso, numbering approximately 391,000 people, are No Longer Unreached. They are an ethnolinguistic community of Burkina Faso. They mostly adhere to Animism and Buamu is their primary language.

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

Fast Facts:

Affinity Group: Sub-Saharan African Peoples
Country: Burkina Faso
People Cluster: Gur
Primary Language(s): Buamu (box)
Primary Religion(s): Animism
Population: 391,000
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): No Longer Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): 5% or Greater but Less than 10% Evangelical
People Group ID: PG012439
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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Animism
Religious Affiliation: Ethnoreligion

60%
%
Animism Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: Buamu
Language Family: Atlantic-Congo

100%
%
Buamu Speakers

Media Resources in Buamu:

Films:

No film resources are listed for this language.

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Bible Resources in Buamu:

Bible Name (Translation)VideoAudioText
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1 entry

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SPI: No longer Unreached

The Red Bobo are No Longer Unreached, which means there are more than 2% evangelical Christian populations and there are churches consistent with evangelical faith and practice. There is still more to be done among them.

Next steps for the Red Bobo:
Empower local believers to begin praying for their own people
Continue gospel seed sowing and church planting
Encourage local leaders to being leading church planting strategy and looking for Unreached and Unengaged groups nearby

Pray specifically for the Red Bobo of Burkina Faso

All have turned aside; together they have become worthless; no one does good, not even one.
readRomans 3:12

Pray that those who are enslaved to sin will admit their need for a Savior, acknowledging that no one is righteous.

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.

Praising God and having favor with all the people. And the Lord added to their number day by day those who were being saved.
readActs 2:47

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ, God will use their faith and their church community as a testimony to the watching world and grow His Church.

Put on the whole armor of God, that you may be able to stand against the schemes of the devil.
readEphesians 6:11

Pray that those God sends to cross cultures will put on the full armor of God so that they will be able to stand against the schemes of the enemy.

Bwamu Across Countries (ROP3 - 101824) reported in the following countries:

Strategic Progress Index
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1 people group

PhotoPeople Group IDNameCountryPopulation ▲Strategic Progress IndexLanguageReligion
Red BoboPG012439Red BoboBurkina Faso391,000No Longer UnreachedBuamuAnimism

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