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The Guduf of Cameroon

The Guduf of Cameroon, numbering approximately 6,500 people, are Engaged yet Unreached. They are an ethnolinguistic people group indigenous to the Borno state of northeastern Nigeria. They mostly adhere to Animism and Guduf-Gava is their primary language.

Photo by Google. (2026). Image generated by Gemini 2.5 Flash: Guduf

Fast Facts:

Affinity Group: Sub-Saharan African Peoples
Country: Cameroon
People Cluster: Chadic
Primary Language(s): Guduf-Gava (gdf)
Primary Religion(s): Animism
Population: 6,500
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): Engaged yet Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): Less than 2% Evangelical, No Recent CP Activity
People Group ID: PG012611
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Pray for the Guduf of Cameroon

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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Animism
Religious Affiliation: Ethnoreligion

62%
%
Animism Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: Guduf-Gava
Language Family: Afro-Asiatic

100%
%
Guduf-Gava Speakers

Media Resources in Guduf-Gava:

Films:
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Bible Resources in Guduf-Gava:

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SPI: Unreached yet Engaged

The Guduf 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 Guduf:
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 Guduf of Cameroon

"For it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich person to enter the kingdom of God." Those who heard it said, "Then who can be saved?" But he said "What is impossible with man is possible with God."
readLuke 18:25-27

Pray that the lost who think they have everything they need will recognize their spiritual poverty apart from Jesus and turn to Him in faith.

So then it depends not on human will or exertion, but on God, who has mercy.
readRomans 9:16

Pray that the merciful God who is at work in people's hearts will advance His gospel among them.

But we are not of those who shrink back and are destroyed, but of those who have faith and preserve their souls.
readHebrews 10:39

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ, and faithfully follow God, they will share Christ boldly with those around them.

Oh, magnify the LORD with me, and let us exalt his name together!
readPsalm 34:3

Pray that God will raise up believers who will go to those in this people group who do not yet follow Jesus, and that they will invite many to magnify the Lord with them so that His fame will spread to the ends of the earth.

Guduf Across Countries (ROP3 - 103526) reported in the following countries:

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2 people groups

PhotoPeople Group ID ▼NameCountryPopulationStrategic Progress IndexLanguageReligion
GudufPG013811GudufNigeria114,000No Longer UnreachedGuduf-GavaAnimism
GudufPG012611GudufCameroon6,500Engaged yet UnreachedGuduf-GavaAnimism

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