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The Banda Yangere of Central African Republic

The Banda Yangere of Central African Republic, numbering approximately 51,000 people, are Engaged yet Unreached. They are a Banda subgroup of the Central African Republic known for elaborately carved wooden ritual objects and large animal-shaped slit drums once used to transmit messages, today settled farmers blending Protestant and Catholic faith with ancestral offerings. They mostly adhere to Roman Catholicism and Banda-Yangere is their primary language.

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

Fast Facts:

Affinity Group: Sub-Saharan African Peoples
Country: Central African Republic
People Cluster: Adamawa-Ubangi
Primary Language(s): Banda-Yangere (yaj)
Primary Religion(s): Roman Catholicism
Population: 51,000
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): Engaged yet Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): Less than 2% Evangelical, No Recent CP Activity
People Group ID: PG012947
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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Roman Catholicism
Religious Affiliation: Christianity

30%
%
Roman Catholicism Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: Banda-Yangere
Language Family: Atlantic-Congo

100%
%
Banda-Yangere Speakers

Media Resources in Banda-Yangere:

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Bible Resources in Banda-Yangere:

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SPI: Unreached yet Engaged

The Banda Yangere 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 Banda Yangere:
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 Banda Yangere of Central African Republic

He went to him and bound up his wounds, pouring on oil and wine. Then he set him on his own animal and brought him to an inn and took care of him
readLuke 10:34

Pray that the lost among them will experience the kind of compassion Jesus taught His followers to show others, and that they will trust in Him because He is the one who brings healing to the broken and lost.

And the word of God continued to increase, and the number of the disciples multiplied greatly in Jerusalem, and a great many of the priests became obedient to the faith.
readActs 6:7

Pray that the Word of God will be increasingly available to these people in ways they will resonate with so that all may have a chance to respond to the good news of Jesus Christ.

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.

Go on up to a high mountain, O Zion, herald of good news; lift up your voice with strength, O Jerusalem, herald of good news; lift it up, fear not; say to the cities of Judah, "Behold your God!"
readIsaiah 40:9

Pray for God to send and sustain believers to go and herald the good news to the lost here.

Yangere Across Countries (ROP3 - 110971) reported in the following countries:

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1 people group

PhotoPeople Group ID ▼NameCountryPopulationStrategic Progress IndexLanguageReligion
Banda YangerePG012947Banda YangereCentral African Republic51,000Engaged yet UnreachedBanda-YangereRoman Catholicism

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