• PEOPLE NAME: UPPER GUINEA CRIOULO OF GUINEA-BISSAU

Affinity Group: Sub-Saharan African Peoples

Affinity Bloc: Sub-Saharan African

People Cluster: Other Sub-Saharan African

Language: Guinea-Bissau Creole - (pov)

Alternate Name(s): Geba, Cacheu, Crioulo

Primary Religion: Christianity - Roman Catholicism

Country: Guinea-Bissau

Also found in: Gambia; Netherlands

Population: 281,000

Global Population: 320,500


PEID: 13453

ROP: 102314

Progress of the Gospel: Engaged yet Unreached

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


Overview: The Upper Guinea Crioulo of Guinea-Bissau, numbering 281,000, are Engaged yet Unreached. They are part of the Other Sub-Saharan African people cluster within the Sub-Saharan African affinity bloc. Globally, this group totals 320,500 in 3 countries. Their primary language is Guinea-Bissau Creole. The primary religion practiced by the Upper Guinea Crioulo is Roman Catholicism, the largest branch of the Christian church and one of the oldest religious institutions in the world. Roman Catholicism teaches that it is the one true Church founded by Jesus Christ and that its bishops are the successors of Christ.


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