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The Chakosi of Togo

The Chakosi of Togo, numbering approximately 102,000 people, are Engaged yet Unreached. They are an Akan people calling themselves Anoufou, or people of Anu, after their origin on Ivory Coast's Komoe River, who migrated in the late 1700s to found a warrior camp on the Oti River that became Mango, ruling their own kingdom at Sansanne-Mango. They mostly adhere to Folk Islam and Anufo is their primary language.

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

Fast Facts:

Affinity Group: Sub-Saharan African Peoples
Country: Togo
People Cluster: Guinean
Primary Language(s): Anufo (cko)
Primary Religion(s): Folk Islam
Population: 102,000
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): Engaged yet Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): Less than 2% Evangelical, No Recent CP Activity
People Group ID: PG014333
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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Folk Islam
Religious Affiliation: Islam

77%
%
Folk Islam Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: Anufo
Language Family: Atlantic-Congo

100%
%
Anufo Speakers

Media Resources in Anufo:

Films:
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1 film

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Bible Resources in Anufo:

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1 entry

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SPI: Unreached yet Engaged

The Chakosi 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 Chakosi:
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 Chakosi of Togo

Whoever makes a practice of sinning is of the devil, for the devil has been sinning from the beginning. The reason the Son of God appeared was to destroy the works of the devil.
read1 John 3:8

Pray for those living in darkness to recognize the destructive power of sin and the victory Christ has won over it.

Your kingdom come, your will be done, on earth as it is in heaven.
readMatthew 6:10

Pray that God's will be done on earth as it is in heaven, and that people will seek His kingdom and righteousness above all else, trusting in His provision.

And these words that I command you today shall be on your heart. You shall teach them diligently to your children, and shall talk of them when you sit in your house, and when you walk by the way, and when you lie down, and when you rise.
readDeuteronomy 6:6-7

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ, they will hide God's Word in their hearts, let it shape their conversations and daily lives, and pass on their faith to the next generation.

But by the grace of God I am what I am, and his grace toward me was not in vain. On the contrary, I worked harder than any of them, though it was not I, but the grace of God that is with me. Whether then it was I or they, so we preach and so you believed.
read1 Corinthians 15:10–11

Pray that God's people will preach the message of Jesus' death and resurrection and that it will spread among the lost through the selfless witness of believers.

Anufo Across Countries (ROP3 - 100396) reported in the following countries:

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3 people groups

PhotoPeople Group IDName ▼CountryPopulationStrategic Progress IndexLanguageReligion
ChakosiPG012314ChakosiBenin31,000Engaged yet UnreachedAnufoFolk Islam
ChakosiPG013288ChakosiGhana122,000No Longer UnreachedAnufoFolk Islam
ChakosiPG014333ChakosiTogo102,000Engaged yet UnreachedAnufoFolk Islam

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