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PEOPLE GROUP PROFILE

The Yocoboue Dida of Cote d’Ivoire

The Yocoboue Dida of Cote d’Ivoire, numbering approximately 229,000 people, are Engaged yet Unreached. They are a Kru people of south-central Cote d'Ivoire near Lakota, Divo, and Grand Lahou, one of three linguistically distinct Dida varieties, who fiercely resisted French colonial conquest in a nine-year insurgency ending in 1918. They mostly adhere to Ethnoreligion and Yocoboué Dida is their primary language.

Photo by Google. (2026). Image generated by Gemini 2.5 Flash: Dida, Yocoboue

Fast Facts:

Affinity Group: Sub-Saharan African Peoples
Country: Cote d’Ivoire
People Cluster: Kru
Primary Language(s): Yocoboué Dida (gud)
Primary Religion(s): Ethnoreligion
Population: 229,000
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): Engaged yet Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): Less than 2% Evangelical, No Recent CP Activity
People Group ID: PG013150
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Pray for the Yocoboue Dida of Cote d’Ivoire

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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Ethnoreligion
Religious Affiliation: Ethnoreligion

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Ethnoreligion Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: Yocoboué Dida
Language Family: Kru

100%
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Dida, Yocoboué Speakers

Media Resources in Yocoboué Dida:

Films:
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Bible Resources in Yocoboué Dida:

Bible Name (Translation)VideoAudioText
Alliance Biblique de Côte d'Ivoire, 2014✓

1 entry

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SPI: Unreached yet Engaged

The Yocoboue Dida 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 Yocoboue Dida:
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 Yocoboue Dida of Cote d’Ivoire

For God alone my soul waits in silence; from him comes my salvation.
readPsalm 62:1

Pray that those who are troubled and don't know about the God who saves will hear the good news and find rest in the one true God who can offer salvation for their souls.

For there is one God, and there is one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus, who gave himself as a ransom for all, which is the testimony given at the proper time.
read1 Timothy 2:5-6

Pray for the truth about Jesus Christ to spread among the lost so that many will accept His ransom for their sin and experience freedom in a relationship with Him.

But in your hearts honor Christ the Lord as holy, always being prepared to make a defense to anyone who asks you for a reason for the hope that is in you; yet do it with gentleness and respect.
read1 Peter 3:15

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ, they will always be prepared to share the reason for the hope that they have in Jesus with gentleness and respect.

And he went away and began to proclaim in the Decapolis how much Jesus had done for him, and everyone marveled.
readMark 5:20

Pray that God will bring people who appear beyond hope to faith in Jesus and that they will then go and tell others of the marvelous things He has done.

Dida, Yocoboue Across Countries (ROP3 - 111082) reported in the following countries:

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1 people group

PhotoPeople Group ID ▲NameCountryPopulationStrategic Progress IndexLanguageReligion
Yocoboue DidaPG013150Yocoboue DidaCote d’Ivoire229,000Engaged yet UnreachedYocoboué DidaEthnoreligion

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