• PEOPLE NAME: OGIEK OF KENYA

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By Erik Laursen, New Covenant Missions

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PEID: 33492

ROP: 107644

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Affinity Group: Sub-Saharan African Peoples

Affinity Bloc: Sub-Saharan African

People Cluster: Khoisan

Language: Kikuyu - (kik)

Alternate Name(s): Akie, Akiek, Kinare, Ogiek

Primary Religion: Ethnoreligion - Animism

Country: Kenya

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Population: 106,000

Global Population: 106,000


PEID: 33492

ROP: 107644

Progress of the Gospel: Engaged yet Unreached

Global Status of Evangelical Christianity: Less than 2% Evangelical, No Active CP Activity


Overview: The Ogiek of Kenya, numbering 106,000, are Engaged yet Unreached. They are part of the Khoisan people cluster within the Sub-Saharan African affinity bloc. This people group is only found in Kenya. Their primary language is Kikuyu. The primary religion practiced by the Ogiek is animism, a religious worldview that natural physical entities--including animals, plants, and even inanimate objects--possess a spiritual essence.


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