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PEOPLE GROUP PROFILE

The Kusasi of Burkina Faso

The Kusasi of Burkina Faso, numbering approximately 37,500 people, are No Longer Unreached. They are an ethnolinguistic community of Burkina Faso; a dialect subgroup of Kusaal (kus). They mostly adhere to Animism and Kusaal is their primary language.

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

Fast Facts:

Affinity Group: Sub-Saharan African Peoples
Country: Burkina Faso
People Cluster: Gur
Primary Language(s): Kusaal (kus)
Primary Religion(s): Animism
Population: 37,500
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): No Longer Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): 2% or Greater but Less than 5% Evangelical
People Group ID: PG014391
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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Animism
Religious Affiliation: Ethnoreligion

50%
%
Animism Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: Kusaal
Language Family: Atlantic-Congo

100%
%
Kusaal Speakers

Media Resources in Kusaal:

Films:
TitleLink
JESUSView Film
JESUSView Film

2 films

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Bible Resources in Kusaal:

Bible Name (Translation)VideoAudioText
1996 Bible League Intl.✓✓

1 entry

Provided by Faith Comes by Hearing

Or check out the Kusaal bible at Bible.com

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SPI: No longer Unreached

The Kusasi 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.

Next steps for the Kusasi:
Empower local believers to begin praying for their own people
Continue gospel seed sowing and church planting
Encourage local leaders to being leading church planting strategy and looking for Unreached and Unengaged groups nearby

Pray specifically for the Kusasi of Burkina Faso

I love those who love me, and those who seek me diligently find me.
readProverbs 8:17

As many search for hope, pray they will discover materials that will lead them to Jesus and explain the gospel in a way they will resonate with.

For from the rising of the sun to its setting my name will be great among the nations, and in every place incense will be offered to my name, and a pure offering. For my name will be great among the nations, says the LORD of hosts.
readMalachi 1:11

Pray that they will worship God in spirit and truth, offering Him the sacrifices of praise and thanksgiving that He desires.

Sing for joy, O heavens, and exult, O earth; break forth, O mountains, into singing! For the LORD has comforted his people and will have compassion on his afflicted.
readIsaiah 49:13

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ and suffer for their faith, they will sing for joy and be glad in their hearts because the Lord has compassion on them.

He came as a witness, to bear witness about the light, that all might believe through him.
readJohn 1:7

Pray that God will raise up witnesses to testify about Jesus so that all might believe, knowing that He is light and in Him there is no darkness at all.

Kusasi Across Countries (ROP3 - 105480) reported in the following countries:

Strategic Progress Index
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2 people groups

PhotoPeople Group IDNameCountryPopulation ▼Strategic Progress IndexLanguageReligion
KusasiPG013313KusasiGhana714,000No Longer UnreachedKusaalEthnoreligion
KusasiPG014391KusasiBurkina Faso37,500No Longer UnreachedKusaalAnimism

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