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The Mada of Cameroon

The Mada of Cameroon, numbering approximately 57,500 people, are No Longer Unreached. They are a Mandara Mountain people of Cameroon's Far North, centered in Tokombere District, whose identity traces to a founding ancestor named Mada and historically comprises closely related mountain lineages. They mostly adhere to Folk Islam and Mada (Cameroon) is their primary language.

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

Fast Facts:

Affinity Group: Sub-Saharan African Peoples
Country: Cameroon
People Cluster: Chadic
Primary Language(s): Mada (Cameroon) (mxu)
Primary Religion(s): Folk Islam
Population: 57,500
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): No Longer Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): 2% or Greater but Less than 5% Evangelical
People Group ID: PG012669
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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Folk Islam
Religious Affiliation: Islam

88%
%
Folk Islam Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

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

100%
%
Mada (Cameroon) Speakers

Media Resources in Mada (Cameroon):

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Bible Resources in Mada (Cameroon):

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SPI: No longer Unreached

The Mada are No Longer Unreached, which means there are more than 2% evangelical Christian populations and there are churches consistent with evangelical faith and practice. There is still more to be done among them.

Next steps for the Mada:
Empower local believers to begin praying for their own people
Continue gospel seed sowing and church planting
Encourage local leaders to being leading church planting strategy and looking for Unreached and Unengaged groups nearby

Pray specifically for the Mada of Cameroon

When he saw the crowds, he had compassion for them, because they were harassed and helpless, like sheep without a shepherd.
readMatthew 9:36

Pray that those who have no hope and are in need of a Savior will be comforted by the Good Shepherd, who seeks to gather the lost and weary into His care.

And he made from one man every nation of mankind to live on all the face of the earth, having determined allotted periods and the boundaries of their dwelling place, that they should seek God, and perhaps feel their way toward him and find him. Yet he is actually not far from each one of us.
readActs 17:26-27

Pray that the lost will seek God and find Him, for He is not far from each one of us. Pray that they will have opportunities to access the gospel, learn God's purpose for their lives, and believe in Him.

Create in me a clean heart, O God, and renew a right spirit within me.
readPsalm 51:10

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ, they will quickly repent when they sin and walk with clean hearts and right spirits as they grow in their relationship with the Lord.

I do it all for the sake of the gospel, that I may share with them in its blessing.
read1 Corinthians 9:23

Ask God to give believers a deep desire to share the gospel with those who don't know the truth about God's redemption plan, and to provide them with opportunities to do so cross-culturally.

Mada Across Countries (ROP3 - 105977) reported in the following countries:

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1 people group

PhotoPeople Group ID ▼NameCountryPopulationStrategic Progress IndexLanguageReligion
MadaPG012669MadaCameroon57,500No Longer UnreachedMada (Cameroon)Folk Islam

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