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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

Listen, my beloved brothers, has not God chosen those who are poor in the world to be rich in faith and heirs of the kingdom, which he has promised to those who love him?
readJames 2:5

Pray for those living in despair to experience the riches of God's love and the hope of eternal life through faith in Christ.

Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right. “Honor your father and mother” (this is the first commandment with a promise).
readEphesians 6:1-2

Pray that God will bring young men and women to faith in Jesus and that the fruit of their faith will be a powerful testimony as they honor their parents.

For the LORD, the Most High, is to be feared, a great king over all the earth.
readPsalm 47:2

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ, they will exalt the Lord, recognizing His reign over the nations and His sovereignty over all things.

Jesus said to them again, "Peace be with you. As the Father sends me, even so I am sending you."
readJohn 20:21

Ask God to raise up and send out believers cross-culturally who will go out in His authority and be sustained by His peace as they share the gospel with the lost.

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

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3 people groups

PhotoPeople Group IDName ▼CountryPopulationStrategic 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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