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People group profile · PG013269

The Avatime of Ghana

The Avatime of Ghana, numbering about 36,500 people, are No Longer Unreached. They are an ethnolinguistic community of Ghana.

They are an indigenous people in the Guinean people cluster of the Sub-Saharan African Peoples. Their primary religion is Ethnoreligion, and they primarily speak Avatime.

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AI-generated illustration representing the Avatime people
AI-generated illustration, not a photograph. Photo by Google. (2025). Image generated by Gemini 2.5 Flash: Avatime

Fast facts

Country
Ghana
Population
36,500
Affinity group
Sub-Saharan African Peoples
People cluster
Guinean
Primary language
Avatime (avn)
Primary religion
Ethnoreligion
Strategic Progress Index
No Longer Unreached
Evangelical
5% or Greater but Less than 10%
GSEC
5% or Greater but Less than 10% Evangelical
Lostness priority
Marginally Reached People Group
Also known as
Sideme, Kèdānīma, Kèdèdze, Afatime
Region
Western Africa, Africa
Location
Volta region: center at Amedzofe

Where they live

Gospel status

The Avatime are No Longer Unreached, which means 2% or more are evangelical Christians. In GSEC terms, this people group is greater than or equal to 5% evangelical.

  • Congregations exist Yes
  • Church planting in the last two years No Churches Planted

Next steps for the Avatime

  • 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

Ethnoreligion

Primary language

Avatime · Atlantic-Congo family

100% speak Avatime

Gospel resources in Avatime

  • Bible available, published 2017
  • JESUS Film not available
  • Radio programs not available
  • Gospel recordings available
  • Audio resources available
  • Bible stories not available

Bibles

Find more at the JESUS Film Project, Bible.com and Faith Comes by Hearing.

Pray for the Avatime

  1. Romans 12:4–5. Pray that believers from many cultures will work together as one body so that the church is built up.
  2. Revelation 7:9. Pray for the day when people from this group stand before the throne with every nation, tribe, people and language.
  3. John 17:3. Pray that many will come to know the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom he has sent.
  4. 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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