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The Kambole of Togo

The Kambole of Togo, numbering approximately 73,000 people, are Engaged yet Unreached. They are a Yoruboid community of northern Togo tracing its founding to a 14th-15th-century Ife hunter, Ode Amon, who migrated from Nigeria, keeping close linguistic ties to the Nago-Yoruba peoples despite living among the region's Gur-speaking majority. They mostly adhere to Folk Islam and Northern Nago is their primary language.

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

Fast Facts:

Affinity Group: Sub-Saharan African Peoples
Country: Togo
People Cluster: Yoruba
Primary Language(s): Northern Nago (xkb)
Primary Religion(s): Folk Islam
Population: 73,000
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): Engaged yet Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): Less than 2% Evangelical, No Recent CP Activity
People Group ID: PG014374
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Pray for the Kambole of Togo

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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Folk Islam
Religious Affiliation: Islam

80%
%
Folk Islam Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: Northern Nago
Language Family: Atlantic-Congo

100%
%
Nago, Northern Speakers

Media Resources in Northern Nago:

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Bible Resources in Northern Nago:

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SPI: Unreached yet Engaged

The Kambole 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 Kambole:
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 Kambole of Togo

For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.
readRom 6:23

Pray that those who haven't heard yet will hear and believe that the wages of their sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.

And what you have heard from me in the presence of many witnesses entrust to faithful men, who will be able to teach others also.
read2 Timothy 2:2

Pray that the lost will come to faith in Christ and be discipled in the truth of the gospel, becoming faithful followers of Jesus who, in turn, make disciples themselves.

Therefore, as you received Christ Jesus the Lord, so walk in him, rooted and built up in him and established in the faith, just as you were taught, abounding in thanksgiving.
readColossians 2:6-7

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ, they will be rooted and built up in Him, abounding in thanksgiving for the grace and mercy He has shown them.

O LORD, our Lord, how majestic is your name in all the earth! You have set your glory above the heavens.
readPsalm 8:1

Pray that God will raise up people who love Him and are able and willing to go to and share the hope of the gospel with those who don't know it. Pray that everyone will see His name as majestic in all the earth!

Kambole Across Countries (ROP3 - 104526) reported in the following countries:

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1 people group

PhotoPeople Group ID ▼NameCountryPopulationStrategic Progress IndexLanguageReligion
KambolePG014374KamboleTogo73,000Engaged yet UnreachedNorthern NagoFolk Islam

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