• PEOPLE CLUSTER: MALINKE-JULA


QUICK FACTS:

People groups: 9

Population: 6,193,100

Unreached people groups: 9

UPG population: 6,193,100

Unengaged UPGs: 2

UUPG population: 2,692,000

Number of countries: 5


Affinity Bloc: Sub-Saharan African

Overview: The Julas, also known as the Dyula, Diula, Joola, or Juula, are one of the Manding-speaking ethnic groups of West Africa. The Jula are a collection of peoples who today live in the northeastern and northern sections of Ivory Coast, in southwestern Burkina Faso, and across the border in Ghana, Guinea-Bissau, and Mali. Almost all Julas are Sunni Muslims. The Malinke-Jula people cluster includes several related people groups.

  -- James S. Olson, The Peoples of Africa. London: Greenwood Press (1996), pp. 257-258.

Peoples within this cluster: Dagaari Dioula, Wala; Jula; Jula, Koro; Jula, Koyaga; Worodougou

Countries where they are found: Burkina Faso; Cote d’Ivoire; Ghana; Mali; United States


People groups: 9

Population: 6,193,100

Unreached people groups: 9

UPG population: 6,193,100

Unengaged UPGs: 2

UUPG population: 2,692,000

Number of countries: 5