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The Dan Yakuba of Guinea

The Dan Yakuba of Guinea, numbering approximately 1,500 people, are Engaged yet Unreached. They are a Mande people, also called Yacouba, whose ancestors migrated from Western Sudan into Mali and Guinea before spreading into Ivory Coast and Liberia, renowned for Gle mask traditions embodying forest spirits and a Leopard Society governing men's initiation. They mostly adhere to Animism and Dan is their primary language.

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

Fast Facts:

Affinity Group: Sub-Saharan African Peoples
Country: Guinea
People Cluster: Mande
Primary Language(s): Dan (dnj)
Primary Religion(s): Animism
Population: 1,500
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): Engaged yet Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): Less than 2% Evangelical, No Recent CP Activity
People Group ID: PG013403

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Pray for the Dan Yakuba of Guinea

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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Animism
Religious Affiliation: Ethnoreligion

55%
%
Animism Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: Dan
Language Family: Nuclear Trans New Guinea

100%
%
Dan Speakers

Media Resources in Dan:

Films:
TitleLink
JESUSView Film
JESUSView Film

2 films

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Bible Resources in Dan:

Bible Name (Translation)VideoAudioText
1991 Wycliffe Bible Translators Inc.✓✓✓
1994 Wycliffe Bible Translators Inc.✓✓✓

2 entries

Provided by Faith Comes by Hearing

Or check out the Dan bible at Bible.com

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SPI: Unreached yet Engaged

The Dan Yakuba 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 Dan Yakuba:
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 Dan Yakuba of Guinea

Whoever believes in him is not condemned, but whoever does not believe is condemned already, because he has not believed in the name of the only Son of God.
readJohn 3:18

Pray for those who are living under the burden of their sin to believe in Jesus, the only Son of God, and receive freedom.

The grass withers, the flower fades, but the word of our God will stand forever.
readIsaiah 40:8

Pray that everyone has access to God's Word and that those who hear the good news will turn from their sins and put their faith in Jesus the Messiah.

In God, whose word I praise, in the LORD, whose word I praise, in God I trust; I shall not be afraid. What can man do to me?
readPsalm 56:10-11

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ, they will trust in the Lord's promises, knowing that He will uphold them with His righteous right hand.

For as we share abundantly in Christ’s sufferings, so through Christ we share abundantly in comfort too.
read2 Corinthians 1:5

When any who might believe suffer for the sake of the gospel, ask God to deepen their understanding of His grace so that they may share it freely with those who have not received it.

Dan Across Countries (ROP3 - 102417) reported in the following countries:

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3 people groups

PhotoPeople Group IDNameCountry ▲PopulationStrategic Progress IndexLanguageReligion
Dan YakubaPG013066Dan YakubaCote d’Ivoire1,965,000No Longer UnreachedDanAnimism
Dan YakubaPG013403Dan YakubaGuinea1,500Engaged yet UnreachedDanAnimism
Dan YakubaPG013483Dan YakubaLiberia248,000No Longer UnreachedDanAnimism

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