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The Northern Bobo of Burkina Faso

The Northern Bobo of Burkina Faso, numbering approximately 657,000 people, are Engaged yet Unreached. They are a Mande ethnolinguistic community of northern Bobo-speaking areas of Burkina Faso and Mali, who speak the Konabéré language and belong to the broader Bobo (Bobo Madare) cultural tradition. They mostly adhere to Ethnoreligion and Northern Bobo Madaré is their primary language.

Photo by Google. (2026). Image generated by Gemini 2.5 Flash: Bobo, Black

Fast Facts:

Affinity Group: Sub-Saharan African Peoples
Country: Burkina Faso
People Cluster: Mande
Primary Language(s): Northern Bobo Madaré (bbo)
Primary Religion(s): Ethnoreligion
Population: 657,000
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): Engaged yet Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): Less than 2% Evangelical, No Recent CP Activity
People Group ID: PG012378
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Pray for the Northern Bobo of Burkina Faso

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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Ethnoreligion
Religious Affiliation: Ethnoreligion

48%
%
Ethnoreligion Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: Northern Bobo Madaré
Language Family: Mande

100%
%
Konabéré Speakers

Media Resources in Northern Bobo Madaré:

Films:

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Bible Resources in Northern Bobo Madaré:

Bible Name (Translation)VideoAudioText
Alliance Biblique au Mali, 2017✓✓✓

1 entry

Provided by Faith Comes by Hearing

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SPI: Unreached yet Engaged

The Northern Bobo 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 Northern Bobo:
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 Northern Bobo of Burkina Faso

For his invisible attributes, namely, his eternal power and divine nature, have been clearly perceived, ever since the creation of the world, in the things that have been made. So they are without excuse.
readRomans 1:20

As God's creation declares His glory, pray that multitudes who don't know Him will see the works of His hands and desire to know more about the Creator.

Sing to God, sing praises to his name; lift up a song to him who rides through the deserts; his name is the LORD; exult before him!
readPsalm 68:4

Pray that many will come to faith in Christ and share the gospel with others so that His salvation will be known among all nations.

The LORD make his face to shine upon you and be gracious to you.
readNumbers 6:25

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ, they will remember that He has given them His favor and His presence.

And Jesus said to them, "Follow me, and I will make you become fishers of men." And immediately they left their nets and followed him.
readMark 1:17-18

Pray that God will raise up believers from this place and/or other cultures nearby to proclaim the gospel to those who desperately need to encounter it.

Bobo Northern, (Konabere) Across Countries (ROP3 - 101509) reported in the following countries:

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3 people groups

PhotoPeople Group IDName ▲CountryPopulationStrategic Progress IndexLanguageReligion
Northern BoboPG012378Northern BoboBurkina Faso657,000Engaged yet UnreachedNorthern Bobo MadaréEthnoreligion
Northern BoboPG013055Northern BoboCote d’Ivoire21,500No Longer UnreachedNorthern Bobo MadaréEthnoreligion
Northern BoboPG013536Northern BoboMali49,000No Longer UnreachedNorthern Bobo MadaréAnimism

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