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People group profile · PG013335

The Hanga of Ghana

The Hanga of Ghana, numbering about 7,700 people, are No Longer Unreached. They are an ethnolinguistic community of Ghana.

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

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Fast facts

Country
Ghana
Population
7,700
Affinity group
Sub-Saharan African Peoples
People cluster
Gur
Primary language
Hanga (hag)
Primary religion
Animism
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
Western Africa, Africa
Location
Northern region: Damongo district southeast of Mole Game Reserve; Murugu is largest village

Where they live

Gospel status

The Hanga 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 Hanga

  • 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

Animism · Ethnoreligion

72% adherents

Primary language

Hanga · Atlantic-Congo family

100% speak Hanga

Gospel resources in Hanga

  • Bible available, published 1983
  • JESUS Film available
  • Radio programs not available
  • Gospel recordings available
  • Audio resources available
  • Bible stories not available

Films

Bibles

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

Pray for the Hanga

  1. Revelation 7:9. Pray for the day when people from this group stand before the throne with every nation, tribe, people and language.
  2. John 17:3. Pray that many will come to know the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom he has sent.
  3. Psalm 27:1. Pray that new believers will be strengthened in the face of persecution, with the Lord as their stronghold.
  4. Romans 12:4–5. Pray that believers from many cultures will work together as one body so that the church is built up.

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