• PEOPLE NAME: ACHOLI OF UNITED STATES

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PEID: 50331

ROP: 100042

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Affinity Group: Sub-Saharan African Peoples

Affinity Bloc: Sub-Saharan African

People Cluster: Nilotic

Language: Acoli - (ach)

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Primary Religion: Ethnoreligion - Animism

Country: United States

Also found in: South Sudan; Uganda

Population: 500

Global Population: 2,462,500


PEID: 50331

ROP: 100042

Progress of the Gospel: No Longer Unreached

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


Overview: The Acholi of United States, numbering 500, are No Longer Unreached. They are part of the Nilotic people cluster within the Sub-Saharan African affinity bloc. Globally, this group totals 2,462,500 in 3 countries. Their primary language is Acoli. The primary religion practiced by the Acholi is animism, a religious worldview that natural physical entities--including animals, plants, and even inanimate objects--possess a spiritual essence.


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