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PEOPLE GROUP PROFILE

The Bororo Fulani of Cameroon

The Bororo Fulani of Cameroon, numbering approximately 246,000 people, are Engaged yet Unreached. They are described as an ethnolinguistic community of Cameroon; a dialect subgroup of Nigerian Fulfulde (fuv) They are an Diaspora people, with Fulani (Fula, Fulbe) as their ethnic/kinship group and are in the Fulani / Fulbe people cluster of the Sub-Saharan African Peoples. Their primary religion is Folk Islam. They primarily speak Fulfulde, Nigerian.

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Fast Facts*:

Affinity Group: Sub-Saharan African Peoples
Country: Cameroon
People Cluster: Fulani / Fulbe
Primary Language(s): Fulfulde, Nigerian (fuv)
Primary Religion(s): Folk Islam
Population: 246,000
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): Engaged yet Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): Less than 2% Evangelical, No Recent CP Activity
People Group ID: PG012555
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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Folk Islam
Religious Affiliation: Islam

99%
%
Folk Islam Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: Fulfulde, Nigerian
Language Family: Atlantic-Congo

100%
%
Fulfulde, Nigerian Speakers

Media Resources in Fulfulde, Nigerian:

Films:
TitleLink
JESUSView Film
MagdalenaView Film

2 films

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Bible Resources in Fulfulde, Nigerian:

Bible Name (Translation)VideoAudioText
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2 entries

Provided by Faith Comes by Hearing

Or check out the Fulfulde, Nigerian bible at Bible.com

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SPI: Unreached yet Engaged

The Bororo Fulani 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 Bororo Fulani:
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 Bororo Fulani of Cameroon

We were buried therefore with him by baptism into death, in order that, just as Christ was raised from the dead by the glory of the Father, we too might walk in newness of life.
readRomans 6:4

Pray that those who need to surrender their lives to Christ will confess their sins and trust in Him, being united with Him in His death and resurrection, walking in newness of life.

And he made from one man every nation of mankind to live on all the face of the earth, having determined allotted periods and the boundaries of their dwelling place, that they should seek God, and perhaps feel their way toward him and find him. Yet he is actually not far from each one of us.
readActs 17:26-27

Pray that the lost will seek God and find Him, for He is not far from each one of us. Pray that they will have opportunities to access the gospel, learn God's purpose for their lives, and believe in Him.

The LORD make his face to shine upon you and be gracious to you.
readNumbers 6:25

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ, they will remember that He has given them His favor and His presence.

Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life, and I shall dwell in the house of the LORD forever.
readPsalm 23:6

Ask God to raise up believers who will share the hope that, for those who trust in Christ, goodness and love will follow them all the days of their lives, and they will dwell in the house of the Lord forever.

Fulani, Nigerian Across Countries (ROP3 - 101622) reported in the following countries:

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4 people groups

PhotoPeople Group IDNameCountryPopulation ▼Strategic Progress IndexLanguageReligion
Nigerian FulbePG013905Nigerian FulbeNigeria18,810,000Engaged yet UnreachedFulfulde, NigerianSunni Islam
Bororo FulaniPG012555Bororo FulaniCameroon246,000Engaged yet UnreachedFulfulde, NigerianFolk Islam
Fulbe-MbororoPG012897Fulbe-MbororoCentral African Republic218,000Engaged yet UnreachedFulfulde, NigerianFolk Islam
Bororo FulaniPG042667Bororo FulaniChad93,000Engaged yet UnreachedFulfulde, NigerianFolk Islam

To download a comprehensive people group list in spreadsheet form, visit our Research Data page.

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