People group profile · PG013089
The Hausa of Côte d’Ivoire
The Hausa of Côte d’Ivoire, numbering about 483,000 people, are Engaged yet 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 trading and settlement communities in Côte d'Ivoire while maintaining a broader Hausa identity.
They are a diaspora people in the Hausa people cluster of the Sub-Saharan African Peoples. Their primary religion is Folk Islam, and they primarily speak Hausa.
Fast facts
- Country
- Cote d’Ivoire
- Population
- 483,000
- Affinity group
- Sub-Saharan African Peoples
- People cluster
- Hausa
- Primary language
- Hausa (hau)
- Primary religion
- Folk Islam
- Strategic Progress Index
- Engaged yet Unreached
- Evangelical
- Less than 2%
- GSEC
- Less than 2% Evangelical, No Recent CP Activity
- Lostness priority
- Frontier Unreached People Group
- Region
- Western Africa, Africa
Where they live
Gospel status
The Hausa are Engaged yet Unreached, which means fewer than 2% are evangelical Christians, but there are sustained efforts to establish self-sustaining churches consistent with evangelical faith and practice. In GSEC terms, 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.
- Congregations exist No
- Church planting in the last two years No Churches Planted
Next steps for the Hausa
- 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
Primary religion
Folk Islam · Islam
99% adherents
Primary language
Hausa · Afro-Asiatic family
100% speak Hausa
Gospel resources in Hausa
- Bible available
- JESUS Film available
- Radio programs available
- Gospel recordings available
- Audio resources available
- Bible stories not available
Films
- JESUS (Hausa)
- Magdalena (Hausa)
- The Savior (Hausa)
Bibles
- 1979 Bible Society of Nigeria · audio
- Common Language Version (FCBH Audio) · video, audio
- Littafi Mai Tsarki · video
Find more at the JESUS Film Project, Bible.com and Faith Comes by Hearing.
Pray for the Hausa
- 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.
- 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.
Hausa in other countries
The same people (ROP3 103733) is reported in 18 other countries.
| People group | Country | Population | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hausa | Nigeria | 40,540,000 | Engaged yet Unreached |
| Hausa | Niger | 16,130,000 | Engaged yet Unreached |
| Hausa | Sudan | 1,055,000 | Engaged yet Unreached |
| Hausa | Cameroon | 432,000 | Engaged yet Unreached |
| Hausa | Ghana | 322,000 | Engaged yet Unreached |
| Hausa | Chad | 295,000 | Engaged yet Unreached |
| Hausa | Ethiopia | 133,000 | Unengaged and Unreached |
| Hausa | Gabon | 45,000 | Unengaged and Unreached |
| Hausa | Benin | 44,000 | Unengaged and Unreached |
| Hausa | Central African Republic | 41,500 | Unengaged and Unreached |
| Hausa | Equatorial Guinea | 32,500 | Unengaged and Unreached |
| Hausa | Togo | 26,000 | Unengaged and Unreached |
| Hausa | Congo | 12,500 | Unengaged and Unreached |
| Hausa | Algeria | 12,500 | Unengaged and Unreached |
| Hausa | Burkina Faso | 12,000 | Engaged yet Unreached |
| Hausa | United States | 5,400 | Unengaged and Unreached |
| Hausa | Guinea | 1,500 | Engaged yet Unreached |
| Hausa | Canada | 375 | Engaged yet Unreached |
Know something we don't? Submit updates to IMB Global Research.