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PEOPLE GROUP PROFILE

The Doyayo of Cameroon

The Doyayo of Cameroon, numbering approximately 56,000 people, are No Longer Unreached. They are a people of Cameroon's Poli area in Benue department governed by a caste system topped by hereditary rain witches, whose rites were documented in Nigel Barley's 1983 memoir The Innocent Anthropologist, bringing them international attention. They mostly adhere to Animism and Doyayo is their primary language.

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

Fast Facts:

Affinity Group: Sub-Saharan African Peoples
Country: Cameroon
People Cluster: Adamawa-Ubangi
Primary Language(s): Doyayo (dow)
Primary Religion(s): Animism
Population: 56,000
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): No Longer Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): 5% or Greater but Less than 10% Evangelical
People Group ID: PG012578
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Pray for the Doyayo of Cameroon

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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Animism
Religious Affiliation: Ethnoreligion

69%
%
Animism Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: Doyayo
Language Family: Atlantic-Congo

100%
%
Doyayo Speakers

Media Resources in Doyayo:

Films:

No film resources are listed for this language.

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Bible Resources in Doyayo:

Bible Name (Translation)VideoAudioText
1988 Bible Society of Cameroon✓

1 entry

Provided by Faith Comes by Hearing

Or check out the Doyayo bible at Bible.com

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SPI: No longer Unreached

The Doyayo 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 Doyayo:
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 Doyayo of Cameroon

For the Son of Man came to seek and save the lost.
readLuke 19:10

Pray that those who are lost will respond to the One who came to seek and save the lost, and experience the joy of being found.

For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life.
readJohn 3:16

Pray that the lost will seek God and learn that they have a heavenly Father who loves them and wants them to live eternally with Him.

But he was pierced for our transgressions; he was crushed for our iniquities; upon him was the chastisement that brought us peace, and with his wounds we are healed.
readIsaiah 53:5

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ, they will find comfort and spiritual healing as they remember the wounds of Christ, who understands their suffering because He also walked through suffering on their behalf.

Let them praise his name with dancing, making melody to him with tambourine and lyre!
readPsalm 149:3

Pray that God will send His people across cultures to share the gospel so that those who don't yet know the truth about Him might praise His name and share the hope of Christ with others.

Dowayayo Across Countries (ROP3 - 102727) reported in the following countries:

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1 people group

PhotoPeople Group ID ▼NameCountryPopulationStrategic Progress IndexLanguageReligion
DoyayoPG012578DoyayoCameroon56,000No Longer UnreachedDoyayoAnimism

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