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PEOPLE GROUP PROFILE

The Hina of Cameroon

The Hina of Cameroon, numbering approximately 24,500 people, are Engaged yet Unreached. They are one of the Mandara Mountains 'Kirdi' peoples of Cameroon's Far North, who took refuge in the rugged Mandara highlands and resisted conversion during the nineteenth-century Fulani jihad under Modibbo Adama, retaining traditional practices. They mostly adhere to Folk Islam and Mina (Cameroon) is their primary language.

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

Fast Facts:

Affinity Group: Sub-Saharan African Peoples
Country: Cameroon
People Cluster: Chadic
Primary Language(s): Mina (Cameroon) (hna)
Primary Religion(s): Folk Islam
Population: 24,500
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): Engaged yet Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): Less than 2% Evangelical, No Recent CP Activity
People Group ID: PG012620
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Pray for the Hina of Cameroon

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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Folk Islam
Religious Affiliation: Islam

75%
%
Folk Islam Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: Mina (Cameroon)
Language Family: Afro-Asiatic

100%
%
Mina Speakers

Media Resources in Mina (Cameroon):

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Bible Resources in Mina (Cameroon):

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SPI: Unreached yet Engaged

The Hina 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 Hina:
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 Hina of Cameroon

The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit; a broken and contrite heart, O God, you will not despise.
readPsalm 51:17

Pray that those who want to achieve salvation through their works will be unsettled in their pursuit and that, with a broken spirit and contrite heart, they will trust in Christ.

For the time is coming when people will not endure sound teaching, but having itching ears they will accumulate for themselves teachers to suit their own passions, and will turn away from listening to the truth and wander off into myths.
read2 Timothy 4:3-4

Pray that the lost will be open to the truth of the gospel and turn from false teachings and myths to the sound doctrine of Christ in faith.

And day by day, attending the temple together and breaking bread in their homes, they received their food with glad and generous hearts, praising God and having favor with all the people. And the Lord added to their number day by day those who were being saved.
readActs 2:46-47

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ, they will be devoted to the teaching of God's Word, to fellowship with one another, and to prayer.

This is the message we have heard from him and proclaim to you, that God is light, and in him is no darkness at all.
read1 John 1:5

Pray that God will raise up believers who can share the gospel with people who don't know the good news of Jesus, that God is light and in him, there is no darkness at all.

Hina Across Countries (ROP3 - 103787) reported in the following countries:

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1 people group

PhotoPeople Group IDNameCountryPopulationStrategic Progress IndexLanguageReligion ▲
HinaPG012620HinaCameroon24,500Engaged yet UnreachedMina (Cameroon)Folk Islam

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