Hausa of Gabon (PGID: PG013188)

The Hausa of Gabon

The Hausa of Gabon, numbering approximately 45,000 people, are Unengaged and Unreached. They are a West African diaspora people of Hausa origin, descended from communities rooted in Hausaland of northern Nigeria and southern Niger who established migrant trading communities in Gabon while maintaining a broader Hausa identity. They mostly adhere to Folk Islam and Hausa is their primary language.

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Fast Facts:

Affinity Group: Sub-Saharan African Peoples
Country: Gabon
People Cluster: Hausa
Primary Language(s): Hausa (hau)
Primary Religion(s): Folk Islam
Population: 45,000
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): Unengaged and Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): Less than 2% Evangelical, No Recent CP Activity
People Group ID: PG013188
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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Folk Islam
Religious Affiliation: Islam

99%

Folk Islam Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: Hausa
Language Family: Afro-Asiatic

100%

Hausa Speakers

Media Resources in Hausa:

Films:

Title	Link
JESUS	View Film
Magdalena	View Film
The Savior	View Film

3 films

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Bible Resources in Hausa:

Bible Name (Translation)	Video	Audio
1979 Bible Society of Nigeria		✓
Common Language Version (FCBH Audio)	✓	✓
Littafi Mai Tsarki	✓

3 entries

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Or check out the Hausa bible at Bible.com

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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): Frontier Unreached People Group, (LPI: 0), < 0.1% 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 Hausa:

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Pray specifically for the Hausa of Gabon

For what can be known about God is plain to them, because God has shown it to them.
Romans 1:19

Pray that God will use testimony of creation to cause those who do not yet know the gospel to long for truth and a relationship with the Author of life.

And this commandment we have from him: whoever loves God must also love his brother.
1 John 4:21

Pray that the good news of God's love will reach everyone in this people group, and that His love will compel them to love others as Christ has loved us.

Those who look to him are radiant, and their faces shall never be ashamed.
Psalm 34:5

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ, they will see themselves as God sees them, with radiant faces and hearts that have been cleansed of all shame.

And how are they to preach unless they are sent? As it is written, “How beautiful are the feet of those who preach the good news!”
Romans 10:15

Pray that God will call many believers who will obediently go and share the gospel with those who desperately need it.

Hausa Across Countries (ROP3 - 103733) reported in the following countries:

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Engaged yet Unreached UUPG No Longer Unreached

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19 people groups

People Group ID ▼	Name	Country	Population	Strategic Progress Index	Language	Religion
PG050354	Hausa	United States	5,400	Unengaged and Unreached	Hausa	Sunni Islam
PG047465	Hausa	Canada	375	Engaged yet Unreached	Hausa	Sunni Islam
PG042724	Hausa	Ethiopia	134,000	Unengaged and Unreached	Hausa	Sunni Islam
PG014358	Hausa	Togo	26,000	Unengaged and Unreached	Hausa	Folk Islam
PG013828	Hausa	Nigeria	40,640,000	Engaged yet Unreached	Hausa	Folk Islam
PG013600	Hausa	Niger	16,190,000	Engaged yet Unreached	Hausa	Folk Islam
PG013409	Hausa	Guinea	1,500	Engaged yet Unreached	Hausa	Sunni Islam
PG013336	Hausa	Ghana	323,000	Engaged yet Unreached	Hausa	Folk Islam
PG013188	Hausa	Gabon	45,000	Unengaged and Unreached	Hausa	Folk Islam
PG013165	Hausa	Equatorial Guinea	32,500	Unengaged and Unreached	Hausa	Folk Islam
PG013089	Hausa	Cote d’Ivoire	484,000	Engaged yet Unreached	Hausa	Folk Islam
PG012971	Hausa	Congo	12,500	Unengaged and Unreached	Hausa	Folk Islam
PG012869	Hausa	Central African Republic	41,500	Unengaged and Unreached	Hausa	Folk Islam
PG012616	Hausa	Cameroon	434,000	Engaged yet Unreached	Hausa	Folk Islam
PG012404	Hausa	Burkina Faso	12,000	Engaged yet Unreached	Hausa	Folk Islam
PG012327	Hausa	Benin	44,500	Unengaged and Unreached	Hausa	Folk Islam
PG012037	Hausa	Sudan	1,060,000	Engaged yet Unreached	Hausa	Sunni Islam
PG011360	Hausa	Chad	296,000	Engaged yet Unreached	Hausa	Folk Islam
PG011263	Hausa	Algeria	12,500	Unengaged and Unreached	Hausa	Sunni Islam

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