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The Bondoukou Kulango of Cote d’Ivoire

The Bondoukou Kulango of Cote d’Ivoire, numbering approximately 295,000 people, are Engaged yet Unreached. They are a branch of the Kulango people, an ethnic group of northeastern Ivory Coast and parts of Ghana. They mostly adhere to Animism and Bondoukou Kulango is their primary language.

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

Fast Facts:

Affinity Group: Sub-Saharan African Peoples
Country: Cote d’Ivoire
People Cluster: Gur
Primary Language(s): Bondoukou Kulango (kzc)
Primary Religion(s): Animism
Population: 295,000
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): Engaged yet Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): Less than 2% Evangelical, No Recent CP Activity
People Group ID: PG013058
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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Animism
Religious Affiliation: Ethnoreligion

92%
%
Animism Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: Bondoukou Kulango
Language Family: Atlantic-Congo

100%
%
Kulango, Bondoukou Speakers

Media Resources in Bondoukou Kulango:

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Bible Resources in Bondoukou Kulango:

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SPI: Unreached yet Engaged

The Bondoukou Kulango 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 Bondoukou Kulango:
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 Bondoukou Kulango of Cote d’Ivoire

The afflicted shall eat and be satisfied; those who seek him shall praise the LORD! May your hearts live forever!
readPsalm 22:26

Pray that the lost will feel a deep hunger for God, be drawn to Him in their affliction, and find lasting satisfaction and salvation in Him alone.

But those that were sown on the good soil are the ones who hear the word and accept it and bear fruit, thirtyfold and sixtyfold and a hundredfold.
readMark 4:20

Pray that those who have never encountered the gospel will have the opportunity to receive it, and that it will fall on good soil and bear much fruit.

Delight yourself in the Lord, and he will give you the desires of your heart.
readPsalm 37:4

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ, they will delight themselves in the Lord, trusting Him to give them the desires of their hearts.

Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life, and I shall dwell in the house of the LORD forever.
readPsalm 23:6

Ask God to raise up believers who will share the hope that, for those who trust in Christ, goodness and love will follow them all the days of their lives, and they will dwell in the house of the Lord forever.

Kulango, Bondoukou Across Countries (ROP3 - 101591) reported in the following countries:

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2 people groups

PhotoPeople Group IDNameCountryPopulationStrategic Progress IndexLanguage ▲Religion
Bondoukou KulangoPG013058Bondoukou KulangoCote d’Ivoire295,000Engaged yet UnreachedBondoukou KulangoAnimism
Bondoukou KulangoPG013276Bondoukou KulangoGhana45,500Engaged yet UnreachedBondoukou KulangoNeo-Pentecostalism

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