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PEOPLE GROUP PROFILE

The Dagaari of Burkina Faso

The Dagaari of Burkina Faso, numbering approximately 644,000 people, are Engaged yet Unreached. They are a Mole-Dagbani offshoot who migrated into the Sahel by the 14th century and further south by the 17th, known across the Ghana-Burkina Faso-Cote d'Ivoire border zone for the sacred gyil xylophone tradition passed from father to son through initiation. They mostly adhere to Animism and Northern Dagara is their primary language.

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

Fast Facts:

Affinity Group: Sub-Saharan African Peoples
Country: Burkina Faso
People Cluster: Gur
Primary Language(s): Northern Dagara (dgi)
Primary Religion(s): Animism
Population: 644,000
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): Engaged yet Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): Less than 2% Evangelical, No Recent CP Activity
People Group ID: PG012388
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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Animism
Religious Affiliation: Ethnoreligion

40%
%
Animism Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: Northern Dagara
Language Family: Atlantic-Congo

100%
%
Dagara, Northern Speakers

Media Resources in Northern Dagara:

Films:

No film resources are listed for this language.

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Bible Resources in Northern Dagara:

Bible Name (Translation)VideoAudioText
2004 Bible Society of Burkina Faso✓✓✓
2017 Edition✓✓

2 entries

Provided by Faith Comes by Hearing

Or check out the Northern Dagara bible at Bible.com

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SPI: Unreached yet Engaged

The Dagaari 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 Dagaari:
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 Dagaari of Burkina Faso

I am the LORD, and there is no other, besides me there is no God; I equip you, though you do not know me, that people may know, from the rising of the sun and from the west, that there is none besides me; I am the LORD, and there is no other.
readIsaiah 45:5-6

Pray that the lost among them will be delivered from the confusion of false beliefs and come to know the one true God who alone brings light and purpose to their lives.

More than that, we also rejoice in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have now received reconciliation.
readRomans 5:11

Pray for the gospel to advance and for more people to be brought into God's family through the reconciliation Jesus offers them.

Remember the wondrous works that he has done, his miracles, and the judgments he uttered.
readPsalm 105:5

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ, they will rejoice as they remember His wonders, miracles, and perfect judgements.

Say among the nations, “The LORD reigns! Yes, the world is established; it shall never be moved; he will judge the peoples with equity.”
readPsalm 96:10

Pray for God to put in the hearts of believers to go to the lost and testify about the Lord who reigns.

Dagara, Northern Across Countries (ROP3 - 102365) reported in the following countries:

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1 people group

PhotoPeople Group IDNameCountryPopulation ▼Strategic Progress IndexLanguageReligion
DagaariPG012388DagaariBurkina Faso644,000Engaged yet UnreachedNorthern DagaraAnimism

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