Affinity Group: Sub-Saharan African Peoples

Affinity Bloc: Sub-Saharan African

People Cluster: Nilotic

Language: Opo - (lgn)

Alternate Name(s): Shiita, Kina, Opo-Shita, Shita, Kwina, Opo, Ansita, Cita, Opua, Ciita

Primary Religion: Ethnoreligion - Animism

Country: Ethiopia

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Population: 6,500

Global Population: 6,500

Progress of the Gospel: Unengaged and Unreached

Global Status of Evangelical Christianity: No Evangelicals, Churches or Resources

Overview: The Opuua Shita of Ethiopia, numbering 6,500, are Unengaged and Unreached. They are part of the Nilotic people cluster within the Sub-Saharan African affinity bloc. This people group is only found in Ethiopia. Their primary language is Opo. The primary religion practiced by the Opuua Shita is animism, a religious worldview that natural physical entities--including animals, plants, and even inanimate objects--possess a spiritual essence.

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