• PEOPLE NAME: KWAKUM OF CAMEROON

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PEID: 12660

ROP: 105512

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Affinity Group: Sub-Saharan African Peoples

Affinity Bloc: Sub-Saharan African

People Cluster: Bantu, Central-Congo

Language: Kwakum - (kwu)

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Primary Religion: Christianity - Roman Catholicism

Country: Cameroon

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Population: 18,500

Global Population: 18,500


PEID: 12660

ROP: 105512

Progress of the Gospel: Engaged yet Unreached

Global Status of Evangelical Christianity: Less than 2% Evangelical, No Active CP Activity


Overview: The Kwakum of Cameroon, numbering 18,500, are Engaged yet Unreached. They are part of the Bantu, Central-Congo people cluster within the Sub-Saharan African affinity bloc. This people group is only found in Cameroon. Their primary language is Kwakum. The primary religion practiced by the Kwakum is Roman Catholicism, the largest branch of the Christian church and one of the oldest religious institutions in the world. Roman Catholicism teaches that it is the one true Church founded by Jesus Christ and that its bishops are the successors of Christ.


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