• PEOPLE NAME: BOM OF SIERRA LEONE


PEID: 14273

ROP: 101576

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Affinity Group: Sub-Saharan African Peoples

Affinity Bloc: Sub-Saharan African

People Cluster: Atlantic

Language: Mende (Sierra Leone) - (men)

Alternate Name(s):

Primary Religion: Ethnoreligion - Animism

Country: Sierra Leone

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Population: 10,000

Global Population: 10,000


PEID: 14273

ROP: 101576

Progress of the Gospel: Engaged yet Unreached

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


Overview: The Bom of Sierra Leone, numbering 10,000, are Engaged yet Unreached. They are part of the Atlantic people cluster within the Sub-Saharan African affinity bloc. This people group is only found in Sierra Leone. Their primary language is Mende (Sierra Leone). The primary religion practiced by the Bom is animism, a religious worldview that natural physical entities--including animals, plants, and even inanimate objects--possess a spiritual essence.


Bible Translations: Available

Jesus Film: Available

Gospel Recordings: Available

Radio Broadcast: Not Available