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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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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 what can be known about God is plain to them, because God has shown it to them.
readRomans 1:19

Pray that God will use testimony of creation to cause those who do not yet know the gospel to long for truth and a relationship with the Author of life.

Praise him for his mighty deeds; praise him according to his excellent greatness!
readPsalm 150:2

Pray for the gospel to advance among those who are living in darkness. Pray that they will come to know Jesus and praise Him for all that He has done.

But when the goodness and loving kindness of God our Savior appeared, he saved us, not because of works done by us in righteousness, but according to his own mercy, by the washing of regeneration and renewal of the Holy Spirit.
readTitus 3:4-5

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ and might struggle with temptation to trust in their own works, they will remember that it is only because of God's mercy that they have been saved.

Finally, brothers, pray for us, that the word of the Lord may speed ahead and be honored, as happened among you, and that we may be delivered from wicked and evil men. For not all have faith. But the Lord is faithful. He will establish you and guard you against the evil one.
read2 Thessalonians 3:1-3

Pray that the Word of God will spread throughout this people group and be honored. Ask God to establish His people and guard them from the evil one, testifying to this whole people group of His great faithfulness.

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

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3 people groups

PhotoPeople Group ID ▼NameCountryPopulationStrategic 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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