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PEOPLE GROUP PROFILE

The Aku of Gambia

The Aku of Gambia, numbering approximately 21,000 people, are No Longer Unreached. They are a Gambian Creole community descended from Liberated Africans and settlers from Sierra Leone who developed a distinct Aku identity in The Gambia. They mostly adhere to Protestantism and Krio is their primary language.

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

Fast Facts:

Affinity Group: Sub-Saharan African Peoples
Country: Gambia
People Cluster: Other Sub-Saharan African
Primary Language(s): Krio (kri)
Primary Religion(s): Protestantism
Population: 21,000
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): No Longer Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): 2% or Greater but Less than 5% Evangelical
People Group ID: PG013225

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Pray for the Aku of Gambia

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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Protestantism
Religious Affiliation: Christianity

70%
%
Protestantism Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: Krio
Language Family: Indo-European

90%
%
Krio Speakers

Media Resources in Krio:

Films:
TitleLink
JESUSView Film
MagdalenaView Film

2 films

Provided by the Jesus Film Project

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Bible Resources in Krio:

Bible Name (Translation)VideoAudioText
1992 Good News for All Men✓✓✓
2013 Bible Society in Sierra Leone✓

2 entries

Provided by Faith Comes by Hearing

Or check out the Krio bible at Bible.com

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SPI: No longer Unreached

The Aku are No Longer Unreached, which means there are more than 2% evangelical Christian populations and there are churches consistent with evangelical faith and practice. There is still more to be done among them.

Next steps for the Aku:
Empower local believers to begin praying for their own people
Continue gospel seed sowing and church planting
Encourage local leaders to being leading church planting strategy and looking for Unreached and Unengaged groups nearby

Pray specifically for the Aku of Gambia

Claiming to be wise, they became fools.
readRomans 1:22

Ask God to pour out His mercy and bring those who are walking in their own wisdom to faith in Jesus.

The Lord is not slow to fulfill his promise as some count slowness, but is patient toward you, not wishing that any should perish, but that all should reach repentance.
read2 Peter 3:9

Pray that the lost will not perish but come to repentance and that God's patience and long-suffering will lead them to salvation.

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!”
readRomans 10:15

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ, they will be eager to proclaim the good news of peace, knowing that the Lord has called them to this task.

And the King will answer them, "Truly, I say to you, as you did it to one of the least of these my brothers, you did it to me."
readMatthew 25:40

Ask God to raise up and send believers who will serve "the least of these" with compassion and energy because they know that in serving those in need, they are serving Christ.

Aku Across Countries (ROP3 - 116261) reported in the following countries:

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2 people groups

PhotoPeople Group IDNameCountryPopulationStrategic Progress IndexLanguage ▼Religion
AkuPG013225AkuGambia21,000No Longer UnreachedKrioProtestantism
AkuPG033358AkuSierra Leone9,500Engaged yet UnreachedKrioEthnoreligion

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