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The Northern Bobo of Burkina Faso

The Northern Bobo of Burkina Faso, numbering approximately 656,000 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: 656,000
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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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

But I say to you, Love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you, so that you may be sons of your Father who is in heaven. For he makes his sun rise on the evil and on the good, and sends rain on the just and on the unjust.
readMatthew 5:44-45

Pray for those who don't know Jesus to encounter believers who are kind and compassionate and that their imitation of Christ will serve as a testimony that attracts lost people to Jesus.

For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life.
readJohn 3:16

Pray that the lost will seek God and learn that they have a heavenly Father who loves them and wants them to live eternally with Him.

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 when Jesus finished these sayings, the crowds were astonished at his teaching, for he was teaching them as one who had authority, and not as their scribes.
readMatthew 7:28-29

Pray that God will remind believers that they have His authority as they share His truth with the lost, and pray He will draw crowds of people to this message and plant it deeply in their hearts.

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

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3 people groups

PhotoPeople Group IDNameCountry ▼PopulationStrategic Progress IndexLanguageReligion
Northern BoboPG013536Northern BoboMali49,000No Longer UnreachedNorthern Bobo MadaréAnimism
Northern BoboPG013055Northern BoboCote d’Ivoire21,500No Longer UnreachedNorthern Bobo MadaréEthnoreligion
Northern BoboPG012378Northern BoboBurkina Faso656,000Engaged yet UnreachedNorthern Bobo MadaréEthnoreligion

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