People group profile · PG013450
The Bijogo of Guinea-Bissau
The Bijogo of Guinea-Bissau, numbering about 42,500 people, are No Longer Unreached. They are a matrilineal island people of Guinea-Bissau's Bijagos archipelago, recorded by Europeans as early as 1456 and uncolonized until 1936 after defeating a 1535 Portuguese conquest, known for large ocean canoes and women who choose their own husbands.
They are an indigenous people in the Atlantic people cluster of the Sub-Saharan African Peoples. Their primary religion is Animism, and they primarily speak Bidyogo.
Fast facts
- Country
- Guinea-Bissau
- Population
- 42,500
- Affinity group
- Sub-Saharan African Peoples
- People cluster
- Atlantic
- Primary language
- Bidyogo (bjg)
- 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
Where they live
Gospel status
The Bijogo 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 Bijogo
- 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
80% adherents
Primary language
Bidyogo · Atlantic-Congo family
100% speak Bidyogo
Gospel resources in Bidyogo
- Bible available, published 1975
- JESUS Film available
- Radio programs not available
- Gospel recordings available
- Audio resources not available
- Bible stories not available
Films
- JESUS (Bijago)
Find more at the JESUS Film Project, Bible.com and Faith Comes by Hearing.
Pray for the Bijogo
- Romans 10:14–15. Ask God to send messengers, so that people can hear, believe and call on the name of the Lord.
- 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.
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