Songhai of Niger (PGID: PG013609)

The Songhai of Niger

The Songhai of Niger, numbering approximately 1,470,000 people, are Engaged yet Unreached. They are a West African ethnolinguistic group linked to te Songhai Empire that dominated the western Sahel in the 15th and 16th centuries. They mostly adhere to Ethnoreligion and Koyraboro Senni Songhai is their primary language.

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Fast Facts:

Affinity Group: Sub-Saharan African Peoples
Country: Niger
People Cluster: Songhai
Primary Language(s): Koyraboro Senni Songhai (ses)
Primary Religion(s): Ethnoreligion
Population: 1,470,000
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): Engaged yet Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): Less than 2% Evangelical, No Recent CP Activity
People Group ID: PG013609

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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Ethnoreligion
Religious Affiliation: Ethnoreligion

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Ethnoreligion Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: Koyraboro Senni Songhai
Language Family: Songhay

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Songhay, Koyraboro Senni Speakers

Media Resources in Koyraboro Senni Songhai:

Films:

Title	Link
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1 film

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Bible Resources in Koyraboro Senni Songhai:

Bible Name (Translation)	Video	Audio	Text
Velberter Mission & Wycliffe Bible Translators, Inc	✓	✓	✓

1 entry

Provided by Faith Comes by Hearing

Or check out the Koyraboro Senni Songhai bible at Bible.com

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SPI: Unreached yet Engaged

The Songhai 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 Songhai:

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 Songhai of Niger

My flesh and my heart may fail, but God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever.
Psalm 73:26

Pray that those who are lost and struggling to find hope will find their strength and hope in God, recognizing Him as their portion and deliverer forever.

All the ends of the earth shall remember and turn to the LORD, and all the families of the nations shall worship before you. For kingship belongs to the LORD, and he rules over the nations.
Psalm 22:27-28

Pray that entire families will turn to the Lord in repentance and faith, and that they will worship Him and declare His righteousness to the nations.

I lift up my eyes to the hills. From where does my help come? My help comes from the LORD, who made heaven and earth.
Psalm 121:1-2

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ and experience hardship, God will remind them that their help comes from the One who made heaven and earth and that He is powerful to meet their needs.

And if anyone will not receive you or listen to your words, shake off the dust from your feet when you leave that house or town. Truly, I say to you, it will be more bearable on the day of judgment for the land of Sodom and Gomorrah than for that town.
Matthew 10:14-15

Pray for God to raise up and send out believers to share the gospel with those in this people group who do not yet follow Christ. Pray that they will be welcomed with open arms so that the people they share with will hear and receive the good news with joy.

Songhai, Koyraboro Senni Across Countries (ROP3 - 109404) reported in the following countries:

Strategic Progress Index

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Engaged yet Unreached UUPG No Longer Unreached

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4 people groups

People Group ID ▲	Name	Country	Population	Strategic Progress Index	Language	Religion
PG012351	Songhai	Benin	11,000	Unengaged and Unreached	Koyraboro Senni Songhai	Folk Islam
PG013377	Songhai	Ghana	36,000	Unengaged and Unreached	Koyraboro Senni Songhai	Sunni Islam
PG013568	Songhai	Mali	1,385,000	Engaged yet Unreached	Koyraboro Senni Songhai	Sunni Islam
PG013609	Songhai	Niger	1,470,000	Engaged yet Unreached	Koyraboro Senni Songhai	Ethnoreligion

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