• PEOPLE NAME: BIJOGO OF GUINEA-BISSAU

Affinity Group: Sub-Saharan African Peoples

Affinity Bloc: Sub-Saharan African

People Cluster: Atlantic

Language: Bijagó - (bjg)

Alternate Name(s):

Primary Religion: Ethnoreligion - Animism

Country: Guinea-Bissau

Also found in:

Population: 40,000

Global Population: 40,000


PEID: 13450

ROP: 101429

Progress of the Gospel: No Longer Unreached

Global Status of Evangelical Christianity: 2% or Greater but Less than 5% Evangelical


Overview: The Bijogo of Guinea-Bissau, numbering 40,000, are No Longer Unreached. They are part of the Atlantic people cluster within the Sub-Saharan African affinity bloc. This people group is only found in Guinea-Bissau. Their primary language is Bijagó. The primary religion practiced by the Bijogo is animism, a religious worldview that natural physical entities--including animals, plants, and even inanimate objects--possess a spiritual essence.


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