People group profile · PG013543
The Idaksahak of Mali
The Idaksahak of Mali, numbering about 163,000 people, are Unengaged and Unreached. They are a pastoralist Berber ethnic group indigenous to the Gao Region of northeastern Mali.
They are an indigenous people in the Songhai people cluster of the Sub-Saharan African Peoples. Their primary religion is Folk Islam, and they primarily speak Tadaksahak.
Fast facts
- Country
- Mali
- Population
- 163,000
- Affinity group
- Northern African and Middle Eastern Peoples
- People cluster
- Songhai
- Primary language
- Tadaksahak (dsq)
- Primary religion
- Folk Islam
- Strategic Progress Index
- Unengaged and Unreached
- Evangelical
- Less than 2%
- GSEC
- Less than 2% Evangelical, No Recent CP Activity
- Lostness priority
- Frontier Unreached People Group
- Region
- Western Africa, Africa
- Location
- Gao region: Menaka circle, west into Ansongo circle. Menaka is principal town
Where they live
Gospel status
The Idaksahak are Unengaged and Unreached, which means fewer than 2% are evangelical Christians, and there has been no reported church planting activity in the past two years. 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 Idaksahak
- Pray that God would send workers to this people group
- Begin sowing the gospel and seek out people of peace
- Plant the first churches consistent with evangelical faith and practice
Primary religion
Folk Islam · Islam
90% adherents
Primary language
Tadaksahak · Songhay family
100% speak Tadaksahak
Gospel resources in Tadaksahak
- 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 Idaksahak
- Revelation 7:9. Pray for the day when people from this group stand before the throne with every nation, tribe, people and language.
- 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.
Idaksahak in other countries
The same people (ROP3 103948) is reported in 1 other country.
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