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The Ngumba of Equatorial Guinea

The Ngumba of Equatorial Guinea, numbering approximately 29,500 people, are Unengaged and Unreached. They are a Bantu people whose Kwasio language is shared with the related Bujeba, Mabi, and Gyele across the Cameroon-Equatorial Guinea coastal border, increasingly assimilated in recent decades into the dominant Fang. They mostly adhere to Protestantism and Kwasio is their primary language.

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

Fast Facts:

Affinity Group: Sub-Saharan African Peoples
Country: Equatorial Guinea
People Cluster: Bantu, Northwest
Primary Language(s): Kwasio (nmg)
Primary Religion(s): Protestantism
Population: 29,500
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): Unengaged and Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): Less than 2% Evangelical, No Recent CP Activity
People Group ID: PG013169
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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Protestantism
Religious Affiliation: Christianity

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Protestantism Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: Kwasio
Language Family: Atlantic-Congo

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Kwasio Speakers

Media Resources in Kwasio:

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Bible Resources in Kwasio:

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Unengaged and Unreached

Strategic Priority Index (SPI): Unengaged and Unreached (SPI: 0), which means there are less than 2% evangelical Christian populations among which there are no known efforts focused on establishing self-sustaining churches consistent with evangelical faith and practice.
Lostness Priority Index (LPI): Pioneer Unreached People Group, (LPI: 1), 0.1% or Greater but Less than 0.5% Evangelical.
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): Less than 2% Evangelical, No Recent CP Activity (GSEC: 1), this people group is less than 2% evangelical, some evangelical resources are available, but there has been no active church planting among them within the past two years

Next steps for the Ngumba:
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Pray specifically for the Ngumba of Equatorial Guinea

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.

Let the nations be glad and sing for joy, for you judge the peoples with equity and guide the nations upon earth.
readPsalm 67:4

Pray that God will use ways from in-person witnesses to digital gospel resources to bring the joy of His salvation to everyone so that they can be glad in Him and sing for joy.

Now therefore go, and I will be with your mouth and teach you what you shall speak.
readExodus 4:12

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ, God will equip them with the words and wisdom to proclaim His message effectively.

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.

Ngumba Across Countries (ROP3 - 107287) reported in the following countries:

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2 people groups

PhotoPeople Group IDNameCountryPopulationStrategic Progress IndexLanguage ▼Religion
NgumbaPG012739NgumbaCameroon29,000No Longer UnreachedKwasioEthnoreligion
NgumbaPG013169NgumbaEquatorial Guinea29,500Unengaged and UnreachedKwasioProtestantism

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