Hausa of Niger (PGID: PG013600)

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The Hausa of Niger

The Hausa of Niger, numbering approximately 15,990,000 people, are Engaged yet Unreached. They are described as an ethnolinguistic community indigenous to northern Nigeria and southern Niger They are an Indigenous people, with Hausa as their ethnic/kinship group and are in the Hausa people cluster of the Sub-Saharan African Peoples. Their primary religion is Folk Islam. They primarily speak Hausa.

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Fast Facts*:

Affinity Group: Sub-Saharan African Peoples
Country: Niger
People Cluster: Hausa
Primary Language(s): Hausa (hau)
Primary Religion(s): Folk Islam
Population: 15,990,000
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): Engaged yet Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): Less than 2% Evangelical, No Recent CP Activity
People Group ID: PG013600
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Pray for the Hausa of Niger

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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Folk Islam
Religious Affiliation: Islam

99%

Folk Islam Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: Hausa
Language Family: Afro-Asiatic

100%

Hausa Speakers

Media Resources in Hausa:

Films:

Title	Link
JESUS	View Film
Magdalena	View Film
The Savior	View Film

3 films

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Bible Resources in Hausa:

Bible Name (Translation)	Video	Audio
1979 Bible Society of Nigeria		✓
Common Language Version (FCBH Audio)	✓	✓
Littafi Mai Tsarki	✓

3 entries

Provided by Faith Comes by Hearing

Or check out the Hausa bible at Bible.com

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SPI: Unreached yet Engaged

The Hausa are Engaged yet Unreached, which means there are less than 2% evangelical Christian populations but there are sustained efforts at establishing self-sustaining churches consistent with evangelical faith and practice.

Next steps for the Hausa:

Continue prayer and fasting for this group

Continue gospel seed sowing and church planting among this group

Begin training up local leaders to lead and develop strategies to reach their own people

Pray specifically for the Hausa of Niger

And when you pray, do not heap up empty phrases as the Gentiles do, for they think that they will be heard for their many words. Do not be like them, for your Father knows what you need before you ask him.
Matthew 6:7-8

Pray that those who don't have a relationship with their Creator will come to know a God who hears their every need, freeing them from empty rituals and drawing them into a real, trusting relationship with Him.

First of all, then, I urge that supplications, prayers, intercessions, and thanksgivings be made for all people, for kings and all who are in high positions, that we may lead a peaceful and quiet life, godly and dignified in every way.
1 Timothy 2:1-2

Pray that leaders and those in authority will not thwart the spread of the gospel but put their faith in Christ, have hearts that are soft toward their people, and be freed from the temptations that power can bring.

But our citizenship is in heaven, and from it we await a Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ, who will transform our lowly body to be like his glorious body, by the power that enables him even to subject all things to himself.
Philippians 3:20-21

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ, they will remember their citizenship is in heaven.

"Whoever believes in me, as the Scripture has said, ‘Out of his heart will flow rivers of living water."
John 7:38

Ask God to raise up believers and sustain them as they cross cultures to share hope with those who need it. Pray that many might come to know Christ and that streams of living water will flow from their hearts so they will never thirst again.

Hausa Across Countries (ROP3 - 103733) reported in the following countries:

Strategic Progress Index

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Engaged yet Unreached UUPG No Longer Unreached

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19 people groups

People Group ID	Name	Country	Population ▼	Strategic Progress Index	Language	Religion
PG013828	Hausa	Nigeria	40,300,000	Engaged yet Unreached	Hausa	Folk Islam
PG013600	Hausa	Niger	15,990,000	Engaged yet Unreached	Hausa	Folk Islam
PG012037	Hausa	Sudan	1,050,000	Engaged yet Unreached	Hausa	Sunni Islam
PG013089	Hausa	Cote d’Ivoire	480,000	Engaged yet Unreached	Hausa	Folk Islam
PG012616	Hausa	Cameroon	430,000	Engaged yet Unreached	Hausa	Folk Islam
PG013336	Hausa	Ghana	321,000	Engaged yet Unreached	Hausa	Folk Islam
PG011360	Hausa	Chad	293,000	Engaged yet Unreached	Hausa	Folk Islam
PG042724	Hausa	Ethiopia	132,000	Unengaged and Unreached	Hausa	Sunni Islam
PG013188	Hausa	Gabon	45,000	Unengaged and Unreached	Hausa	Folk Islam
PG012327	Hausa	Benin	44,000	Unengaged and Unreached	Hausa	Folk Islam
PG012869	Hausa	Central African Republic	41,000	Unengaged and Unreached	Hausa	Folk Islam
PG013165	Hausa	Equatorial Guinea	32,500	Unengaged and Unreached	Hausa	Folk Islam
PG014358	Hausa	Togo	25,500	Unengaged and Unreached	Hausa	Folk Islam
PG012971	Hausa	Congo	12,500	Unengaged and Unreached	Hausa	Folk Islam
PG011263	Hausa	Algeria	12,000	Unengaged and Unreached	Hausa	Sunni Islam
PG012404	Hausa	Burkina Faso	12,000	Engaged yet Unreached	Hausa	Folk Islam
PG050354	Hausa	United States	5,400	Unengaged and Unreached	Hausa	Sunni Islam
PG013409	Hausa	Guinea	1,500	Engaged yet Unreached	Hausa	Sunni Islam
PG047465	Hausa	Canada	375	Engaged yet Unreached	Hausa	Sunni Islam

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