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The Hausa of Algeria

The Hausa of Algeria, numbering approximately 12,500 people, are Unengaged and Unreached. They are a Hausa diaspora of people from northern Nigeria and southern Niger, whose long-distance trading and trans-Saharan migration established communities beyond Hausaland. They mostly adhere to Sunni Islam and Hausa is their primary language.

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Fast Facts:

Affinity Group: Sub-Saharan African Peoples
Country: Algeria
People Cluster: Hausa
Primary Language(s): Hausa (hau)
Primary Religion(s): Sunni Islam
Population: 12,500
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): Unengaged and Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): Less than 2% Evangelical, No Recent CP Activity
People Group ID: PG011263
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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Sunni Islam
Religious Affiliation: Islam

100%
%
Sunni Islam Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: Hausa
Language Family: Afro-Asiatic

99%
%
Hausa Speakers

Media Resources in Hausa:

Films:
TitleLink
JESUSView Film
MagdalenaView Film
The SaviorView Film

3 films

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Bible Resources in Hausa:

Bible Name (Translation)VideoAudioText
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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Unengaged and Unreached

Strategic Priority Index (SPI): Unengaged and Unreached (SPI: 0), which means there are less than 2% evangelical Christian populations among which there are no known efforts focused on establishing self-sustaining churches consistent with evangelical faith and practice.
Lostness Priority Index (LPI): Frontier Unreached People Group, (LPI: 0), < 0.1% Evangelical.
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): Less than 2% Evangelical, No Recent CP Activity (GSEC: 1), this people group is less than 2% evangelical, some evangelical resources are available, but there has been no active church planting among them within the past two years

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Pray specifically for the Hausa of Algeria

Whoever makes a practice of sinning is of the devil, for the devil has been sinning from the beginning. The reason the Son of God appeared was to destroy the works of the devil.
read1 John 3:8

Pray for those living in darkness to recognize the destructive power of sin and the victory Christ has won over it.

And this gospel of the kingdom will be proclaimed throughout the whole world as a testimony to all nations, and then the end will come.
readMatthew 24:14

Pray that the gospel of God's kingdom will reach more people and that they will respond in faith, becoming disciples of Jesus Christ.

For you have need of endurance, so that when you have done the will of God you may receive what is promised.
readHebrews 10:36

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ, they will patiently endure suffering and hardships and do God's will so that they may receive what He has promised.

And he said to them, "The harvest is plentiful, but the laborers are few. Therefore pray earnestly to the Lord of the harvest to send out laborers into his harvest."
readLuke 10:2

Ask God to send out laborers into His harvest field, raising up believers from around the world to go and proclaim the kingdom of God with those who need to hear it.

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

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19 people groups

PhotoPeople Group IDNameCountryPopulationStrategic Progress Index ▼LanguageReligion
HausaPG047465HausaCanada375Engaged yet UnreachedHausaSunni Islam
HausaPG013828HausaNigeria40,640,000Engaged yet UnreachedHausaFolk Islam
HausaPG013600HausaNiger16,190,000Engaged yet UnreachedHausaFolk Islam
HausaPG013409HausaGuinea1,500Engaged yet UnreachedHausaSunni Islam
HausaPG013336HausaGhana323,000Engaged yet UnreachedHausaFolk Islam
HausaPG013089HausaCote d’Ivoire484,000Engaged yet UnreachedHausaFolk Islam
HausaPG012616HausaCameroon433,000Engaged yet UnreachedHausaFolk Islam
HausaPG012404HausaBurkina Faso12,000Engaged yet UnreachedHausaFolk Islam
HausaPG012037HausaSudan1,060,000Engaged yet UnreachedHausaSunni Islam
HausaPG011360HausaChad296,000Engaged yet UnreachedHausaFolk Islam
HausaPG050354HausaUnited States5,400Unengaged and UnreachedHausaSunni Islam
HausaPG042724HausaEthiopia134,000Unengaged and UnreachedHausaSunni Islam
HausaPG014358HausaTogo26,000Unengaged and UnreachedHausaFolk Islam
HausaPG013188HausaGabon45,000Unengaged and UnreachedHausaFolk Islam
HausaPG013165HausaEquatorial Guinea32,500Unengaged and UnreachedHausaFolk Islam
HausaPG012971HausaCongo12,500Unengaged and UnreachedHausaFolk Islam
HausaPG012869HausaCentral African Republic41,500Unengaged and UnreachedHausaFolk Islam
HausaPG012327HausaBenin44,500Unengaged and UnreachedHausaFolk Islam
HausaPG011263HausaAlgeria12,500Unengaged and UnreachedHausaSunni Islam

To download a comprehensive people group list in spreadsheet form, visit our Research Data page.

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