People group profile · PG012581
The Dugwor of Cameroon
The Dugwor of Cameroon, numbering about 10,000 people, are No Longer Unreached. They are a mountain-refuge subgroup of the Mofu ethnic cluster in Cameroon's Mandara Mountains, inhabiting the Dugwor and Mekeri massifs and the adjacent Tchakidjeke plain in the Far North Region.
They are an indigenous people in the Chadic people cluster of the Sub-Saharan African Peoples. Their primary religion is Folk Islam, and they primarily speak Dugwor.
Fast facts
- Country
- Cameroon
- Population
- 10,000
- Affinity group
- Sub-Saharan African Peoples
- People cluster
- Chadic
- Primary language
- Dugwor (dme)
- Primary religion
- Folk Islam
- Strategic Progress Index ?
- No Longer Unreached
- Evangelical
- 10% or Greater but Less than 15%
- GSEC ?
- 10% or Greater Evangelical
- Lostness priority ?
- Moderately Reached People Group
- Region
- Middle Africa, Africa
- Location
- Far North region: Diamaré division, Meri subdivision, west of Tchere canton between Maroua and Meri, 6 villages
Where they live
Gospel status
The Dugwor are No Longer Unreached, which means 2% or more are evangelical Christians. In GSEC terms, this people group is greater than or equal to 10% evangelical.
- Congregations exist Yes
- Church planting in the last two years No Churches Planted
Next steps for the Dugwor
- Pray for the churches among this group to grow in faithfulness and maturity
- Equip believers to reach the unreached peoples around them
- Send out laborers from this people to the nations
Primary religion
Folk Islam · Islam
45% adherents
Primary language
Dugwor · Afro-Asiatic family
100% speak Dugwor
Gospel resources in Dugwor
- Bible not available
- JESUS Film not available
- Radio programs not available
- Gospel recordings available
- Audio resources available
- Bible stories not available
Find more at the JESUS Film Project, Bible.com and Faith Comes by Hearing.
Pray for the Dugwor
- Romans 12:4–5. Pray that believers from many cultures will work together as one body so that the church is built up.
- Revelation 7:9. Pray for the day when people from this group stand before the throne with every nation, tribe, people and language.
- John 17:3. Pray that many will come to know the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom he has sent.
- Psalm 27:1. Pray that new believers will be strengthened in the face of persecution, with the Lord as their stronghold.
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