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The Upper Guinea Creoles of Gambia

The Upper Guinea Creoles of Gambia, numbering approximately 28,000 people, are No Longer Unreached. They are an Afro-Atlantic creole people of West Africa descended from interaction between Portuguese settlers and local African populations. Associated with Cape Verdean and Guinea-Bissau Creole languages, they share a distinctive Luso-African cultural heritage. They mostly adhere to Protestantism and Upper Guinea Crioulo is their primary language.

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

Fast Facts:

Affinity Group: Sub-Saharan African Peoples
Country: Gambia
People Cluster: Other Sub-Saharan African
Primary Language(s): Upper Guinea Crioulo (pov)
Primary Religion(s): Protestantism
Population: 28,000
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): No Longer Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): 2% or Greater but Less than 5% Evangelical
People Group ID: PG013242
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Pray for the Upper Guinea Creoles of Gambia

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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Protestantism
Religious Affiliation: Christianity

55%
%
Protestantism Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: Upper Guinea Crioulo
Language Family: Indo-European

100%
%
Guinea-Bissau Creole Speakers

Media Resources in Upper Guinea Crioulo:

Films:
TitleLink
JESUSView Film

1 film

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Bible Resources in Upper Guinea Crioulo:

Bible Name (Translation)VideoAudioText
1989 Bible Society of Cote d'Ivoire✓

1 entry

Provided by Faith Comes by Hearing

Or check out the Upper Guinea Crioulo bible at Bible.com

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SPI: No longer Unreached

The Upper Guinea Creoles 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 Upper Guinea Creoles:
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 Upper Guinea Creoles of Gambia

I am the LORD; that is my name; my glory I give to no other, nor my praise to carved idols.
readIsaiah 42:8

Pray that lost people will turn from worthless idols to worship the one true God, recognizing that He alone is worthy of all glory and praise.

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.

For you have need of endurance, so that when you have done the will of God you may receive what is promised.
readHebrews 10:36

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ, they will patiently endure suffering and hardships and do God's will so that they may receive what He has promised.

Truly, truly, I say to you, unless a grain of wheat falls into the earth and dies, it remains alone; but if it dies, it bears much fruit.
readJohn 12:24

Pray that God will raise up men and women who are willing to die to their own desires, bearing much fruit for the kingdom among individuals and in places where His gospel has not been proclaimed.

Guinea-Bissau Creole Across Countries (ROP3 - 102314) reported in the following countries:

Strategic Progress Index
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3 people groups

PhotoPeople Group IDNameCountryPopulationStrategic Progress IndexLanguageReligion ▲
Upper Guinea CreolesPG013242Upper Guinea CreolesGambia28,000No Longer UnreachedUpper Guinea CriouloProtestantism
Upper Guinea CriouloPG013453Upper Guinea CriouloGuinea-Bissau300,000Engaged yet UnreachedUpper Guinea CriouloRoman Catholicism
Upper Guinea CriouloPG000402Upper Guinea CriouloNetherlands14,000Unengaged and UnreachedUpper Guinea CriouloSunni Islam

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