People group profile · PG012789
The Suga of Cameroon
The Suga of Cameroon, numbering about 31,500 people, are No Longer Unreached. They are a Mambiloid people who migrated south from Bibemi to found Galim around 1765 under chief Tukum Riicun, waging decades of armed resistance from mountain strongholds against Fula lamidates and German colonial forces alike.
They are an indigenous people in the Benue people cluster of the Sub-Saharan African Peoples. Their primary religion is Folk Islam, and they primarily speak Suga.
Fast facts
- Country
- Cameroon
- Population
- 31,500
- Affinity group
- Sub-Saharan African Peoples
- People cluster
- Benue
- Primary language
- Suga (sgi)
- Primary religion
- Folk Islam
- Strategic Progress Index ?
- No Longer Unreached
- Evangelical
- 2% or Greater but Less than 5%
- GSEC ?
- 2% or Greater but Less than 5% Evangelical
- Lostness priority ?
- Marginally Reached People Group
- Region
- Middle Africa, Africa
- Location
- Adamawa region: Faro-and-Déo division, Galim area southwest of Tignère; Mayo-Banyo division, north Banyo subdivision, Sambolabbo area
Where they live
Gospel status
The Suga are No Longer Unreached, which means 2% or more are evangelical Christians. In GSEC terms, this people group is greater than or equal to 2% evangelical.
- Congregations exist Yes
- Church planting in the last two years No Churches Planted
Next steps for the Suga
- 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
65% adherents
Primary language
Suga · Atlantic-Congo family
100% speak Suga
Gospel resources in Suga
- Bible not available
- JESUS Film not available
- Radio programs not available
- Gospel recordings available
- Audio resources not available
- Bible stories not available
Find more at the JESUS Film Project, Bible.com and Faith Comes by Hearing.
Pray for the Suga
- 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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