People group profile · PG013428
The Nalu of Guinea
The Nalu of Guinea, numbering about 16,000 people, are Engaged yet Unreached. They are a coastal West African people who settled Guinea and Guinea-Bissau before the Mandinka arrived in the 14th or 15th centuries, whose war canoes killed Portuguese explorer Nuno Tristao in a fierce 1446 skirmish, converting to Islam only in the early 1900s.
They are an indigenous people in the Atlantic people cluster of the Sub-Saharan African Peoples. Their primary religion is Folk Islam, and they primarily speak Nalu.
Fast facts
- Country
- Guinea
- Population
- 16,000
- Affinity group
- Sub-Saharan African Peoples
- People cluster
- Atlantic
- Primary language
- Nalu (naj)
- 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 Nalu 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 Nalu
- 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
95% adherents
Primary language
Nalu · Atlantic-Congo family
100% speak Nalu
Gospel resources in Nalu
- 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 Nalu
- Matthew 9:37–38. Ask the Lord of the harvest to send out laborers into his harvest field.
- 2 Timothy 2:2. Pray for faithful local leaders who will teach others, so that the church multiplies.
- Ephesians 5:8. Pray that those walking in darkness will turn to the light and live as children of light.
- Romans 10:14–15. Ask God to send messengers, so that people can hear, believe and call on the name of the Lord.
Nalu in other countries
The same people (ROP3 107049) is reported in 1 other country.
| People group | Country | Population | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nalu | Guinea-Bissau | 11,500 | Engaged yet Unreached |
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