People group profile · PG013546
The Western Duun Samogho of Mali
The Western Duun Samogho of Mali, numbering about 177,000 people, are Engaged yet Unreached. They are a Mande-speaking people of southern Mali near the Burkina Faso border, organized patrilineally under village headmen who hold authority over family lineages rather than individual households.
They are an indigenous people in the Mande people cluster of the Sub-Saharan African Peoples. Their primary religion is Sunni Islam, and they primarily speak Duungooma.
Fast facts
- Country
- Mali
- Population
- 177,000
- Affinity group
- Sub-Saharan African Peoples
- People cluster
- Mande
- Primary language
- Duungooma (dux)
- Primary religion
- Sunni Islam
- Strategic Progress Index
- Engaged yet Unreached
- Evangelical
- Less than 2%
- GSEC
- Less than 2% Evangelical, No Recent CP Activity
- Lostness priority
- Pioneer Unreached People Group
- Region
- Western Africa, Africa
- Location
- Sikasso region: Kadiolo and Sikasso circles; Bafini river north basin
Where they live
Gospel status
The Western Duun Samogho 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 Yes
- Church planting in the last two years No Churches Planted
Next steps for the Western Duun Samogho
- 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
Sunni Islam · Islam
53% adherents
Primary language
Duungooma · Mande family
100% speak Duungooma
Gospel resources in Duungooma
- Bible not available
- JESUS Film not available
- Radio programs not available
- Gospel recordings not 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 Western Duun Samogho
- 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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