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The Hausa of Ethiopia

The Hausa of Ethiopia, numbering approximately 134,000 people, are Unengaged and Unreached. They are a West African diaspora people of Hausa origin, descended from communities rooted in Hausaland of northern Nigeria and southern Niger who established migrant communities in Ethiopia while maintaining a broader Hausa identity. They mostly adhere to Sunni Islam and Hausa is their primary language.

Photo by Google. (2026). Image generated by Gemini 3.1 Flash-Lite: Hausa

Fast Facts:

Affinity Group: Sub-Saharan African Peoples
Country: Ethiopia
People Cluster: Hausa
Primary Language(s): Hausa (hau)
Primary Religion(s): Sunni Islam
Population: 134,000
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): Unengaged and Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): Less than 2% Evangelical, No Recent CP Activity
People Group ID: PG042724

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Pray for the Hausa of Ethiopia

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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Sunni Islam
Religious Affiliation: Islam

65%
%
Sunni Islam Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: Hausa
Language Family: Afro-Asiatic

100%
%
Hausa Speakers

Media Resources in Hausa:

Films:
TitleLink
JESUSView Film
MagdalenaView Film
The SaviorView Film

3 films

Provided by the Jesus Film Project

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Bible Resources in Hausa:

Bible Name (Translation)VideoAudioText
1979 Bible Society of Nigeria✓
Common Language Version (FCBH Audio)✓✓
Littafi Mai Tsarki✓

3 entries

Provided by Faith Comes by Hearing

Or check out the Hausa bible at Bible.com

Linked from YouVersion

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Explore Lostness and Next Steps

Unengaged and Unreached

Strategic Priority Index (SPI): Unengaged and Unreached (SPI: 0), 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.
Lostness Priority Index (LPI): Frontier Unreached People Group, (LPI: 0), < 0.1% Evangelical.
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): Less than 2% Evangelical, No Recent CP Activity (GSEC: 1), this people group is less than 2% evangelical, some evangelical resources are available, but there has been no active church planting among them within the past two years

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Pray specifically for the Hausa of Ethiopia

As it is written: “None is righteous, no, not one; no one understands; no one seeks for God".
readRomans 3:10-11

Pray that God will have mercy on those living in broken relationship with Him, and that He will bring many to surrender and repentance at the throne of grace.

And he made from one man every nation of mankind to live on all the face of the earth, having determined allotted periods and the boundaries of their dwelling place, that they should seek God, and perhaps feel their way toward him and find him. Yet he is actually not far from each one of us.
readActs 17:26-27

Pray that the lost will seek God and find Him, for He is not far from each one of us. Pray that they will have opportunities to access the gospel, learn God's purpose for their lives, and believe in Him.

The LORD make his face to shine upon you and be gracious to you.
readNumbers 6:25

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ, they will remember that He has given them His favor and His presence.

For our sake he made him to be sin who knew no sin, so that in him we might become the righteousness of God.
read2 Corinthians 5:21

Pray that Christians will cross cultures and share the hope of Christ, and that many will trust the One who took their sins and offers them His righteousness.

Hausa Across Countries (ROP3 - 103733) reported in the following countries:

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19 people groups

PhotoPeople Group ID ▼NameCountryPopulationStrategic Progress IndexLanguageReligion
HausaPG050354HausaUnited States5,400Unengaged and UnreachedHausaSunni Islam
HausaPG047465HausaCanada375Engaged yet UnreachedHausaSunni Islam
HausaPG042724HausaEthiopia134,000Unengaged and UnreachedHausaSunni Islam
HausaPG014358HausaTogo26,000Unengaged and UnreachedHausaFolk Islam
HausaPG013828HausaNigeria40,630,000Engaged yet UnreachedHausaFolk Islam
HausaPG013600HausaNiger16,190,000Engaged yet UnreachedHausaFolk Islam
HausaPG013409HausaGuinea1,500Engaged yet UnreachedHausaSunni Islam
HausaPG013336HausaGhana323,000Engaged yet UnreachedHausaFolk Islam
HausaPG013188HausaGabon45,000Unengaged and UnreachedHausaFolk Islam
HausaPG013165HausaEquatorial Guinea32,500Unengaged and UnreachedHausaFolk Islam
HausaPG013089HausaCote d’Ivoire484,000Engaged yet UnreachedHausaFolk Islam
HausaPG012971HausaCongo12,500Unengaged and UnreachedHausaFolk Islam
HausaPG012869HausaCentral African Republic41,500Unengaged and UnreachedHausaFolk Islam
HausaPG012616HausaCameroon433,000Engaged yet UnreachedHausaFolk Islam
HausaPG012404HausaBurkina Faso12,000Engaged yet UnreachedHausaFolk Islam
HausaPG012327HausaBenin44,500Unengaged and UnreachedHausaFolk Islam
HausaPG012037HausaSudan1,060,000Engaged yet UnreachedHausaSunni Islam
HausaPG011360HausaChad296,000Engaged yet UnreachedHausaFolk Islam
HausaPG011263HausaAlgeria12,500Unengaged and UnreachedHausaSunni Islam

To download a comprehensive people group list in spreadsheet form, visit our Research Data page.

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