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PEOPLE GROUP PROFILE

The Dogon of Mali

The Dogon of Mali, numbering approximately 107,000 people, are No Longer Unreached. They are an ethnolinguistic subgroup of the Dogon tribe indigenous to the Bandiagara Escarpment of Mali. They are an Indigenous people, in the Gur people cluster of the Sub-Saharan African Peoples affinity bloc. Their primary religion is Sunni Islam. They primarily speak Dogon, Toro So.

Dogon in Mali photo
Photo by Google. (2026). Image generated by Gemini 2.5 Flash: Dogon

Fast Facts:

Affinity Group: Sub-Saharan African Peoples
Country: Mali
People Cluster: Gur
Primary Language(s): Dogon, Toro So (dts)
Primary Religion(s): Sunni Islam
Population: 107,000
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): No Longer Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): 2% or Greater but Less than 5% Evangelical
People Group ID: PG013545
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Primary Religion: Sunni Islam
Religious Affiliation: Islam

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Sunni Islam Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: Dogon, Toro So
Language Family: Dogon

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Dogon, Toro So Speakers

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Next steps for the Dogon

The Dogon are Unengaged and Unreached, 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.

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Next steps for the Dogon

The Dogon 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.

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

Next steps for the Dogon

The Dogon 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.

Empower local believers to begin praying for their own people
Continue gospel seed sowing and church planting among this group
Encourage local leaders to being leading church planting strategy and looking for Unreached and Unengaged groups nearby

Pray specifically for the Dogon of Mali

For by grace you have been saved through faith. And this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God, not a result of works, so that no one may boast.
readEphesians 2:8-9

Pray that the lost among them will receive the gift of salvation by grace through faith, not by works, and be created for good works.

And this gospel of the kingdom will be proclaimed throughout the whole world as a testimony to all nations, and then the end will come.
readMatthew 24:14

Pray that the gospel of God's kingdom will reach more people and that they will respond in faith, becoming disciples of Jesus Christ.

I give them eternal life, and they will never perish, and no one will snatch them out of my hand.
readJohn 10:28

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ, they will have assurance of eternal life, knowing that no one can snatch them out of the loving hand of Jesus.

The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it.
readJohn 1:5

Pray that when discouraging days come, those who cross cultures for the sake of the gospel will be comforted as they remember that the light of Christ is stronger than the darkness that surrounds them.

Dogon, Toro So (ROP3 - 115024) reported in the following countries:

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