The Hausa of Togo

The Hausa of Togo, numbering approximately 26,000 people, are Unengaged and Unreached. They are a West African diaspora people of Hausa origin, descended from communities rooted in Hausaland of northern Nigeria and southern Niger who established trading and settlement communities in Togo while maintaining a broader Hausa identity. They mostly adhere to Folk Islam and Hausa is their primary language.

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Fast Facts:

Affinity Group: Sub-Saharan African Peoples
Country: Togo
People Cluster: Hausa
Primary Language(s): Hausa (hau)
Primary Religion(s): Folk Islam
Population: 26,000
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): Unengaged and Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): Less than 2% Evangelical, No Recent CP Activity
People Group ID: PG014358
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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Folk Islam
Religious Affiliation: Islam

99%
%
Folk Islam Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: Hausa
Language Family: Afro-Asiatic

100%
%
Hausa Speakers

Media Resources in Hausa:

Films:
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JESUSView Film
MagdalenaView Film
The SaviorView Film

3 films

Bible Resources in Hausa:

3 entries

Or check out the Hausa bible at Bible.com

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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): Frontier Unreached People Group, (LPI: 0), < 0.1% 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 Hausa:
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Pray specifically for the Hausa of Togo

The grass withers, the flower fades, but the word of our God will stand forever.
readIsaiah 40:8

Pray that those who don't know Jesus will be freed from the emptiness of fading hopes and find lasting life and truth in the unchanging Word of God.

Oh how I love your law! It is my meditation all the day.
readPsalm 119:97

Pray that the lost will have access to God's Word in their language and treasure it deeply, meditating on God's promises and precepts.

For you had compassion on those in prison, and you joyfully accepted the plundering of your property, since you knew that you yourselves had a better possession and an abiding one.
readHebrews 10:34

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ, they will have compassion for those in prison, sympathize with those who are mistreated, and continue to do good and share the gospel with others.

For we do not wrestle against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the cosmic powers over this present darkness, against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly places.
readEphesians 6:12

Ask God to give those He sends to cross cultures the discernment they need to recognize the spiritual battle they are fighting. Pray God will protect their faith as they abide in Him.

Hausa Across Countries (ROP3 - 103733) reported in the following countries:

Strategic Progress Index
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19 people groups

PhotoPeople Group IDNameCountryPopulation ▲Strategic Progress IndexLanguageReligion
HausaHausaCanada375Engaged yet UnreachedHausaSunni Islam
HausaHausaGuinea1,500Engaged yet UnreachedHausaSunni Islam
HausaHausaUnited States5,400Unengaged and UnreachedHausaSunni Islam
HausaHausaBurkina Faso12,000Engaged yet UnreachedHausaFolk Islam
HausaHausaAlgeria12,500Unengaged and UnreachedHausaSunni Islam
HausaHausaCongo12,500Unengaged and UnreachedHausaFolk Islam
HausaHausaTogo26,000Unengaged and UnreachedHausaFolk Islam
HausaHausaEquatorial Guinea32,500Unengaged and UnreachedHausaFolk Islam
HausaHausaCentral African Republic41,500Unengaged and UnreachedHausaFolk Islam
HausaHausaBenin44,000Unengaged and UnreachedHausaFolk Islam
HausaHausaGabon45,000Unengaged and UnreachedHausaFolk Islam
HausaHausaEthiopia133,000Unengaged and UnreachedHausaSunni Islam
HausaHausaChad296,000Engaged yet UnreachedHausaFolk Islam
HausaHausaGhana323,000Engaged yet UnreachedHausaFolk Islam
HausaHausaCameroon433,000Engaged yet UnreachedHausaFolk Islam
HausaHausaCote d’Ivoire483,000Engaged yet UnreachedHausaFolk Islam
HausaHausaSudan1,060,000Engaged yet UnreachedHausaSunni Islam
HausaHausaNiger16,180,000Engaged yet UnreachedHausaFolk Islam
HausaHausaNigeria40,610,000Engaged yet UnreachedHausaFolk Islam

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