• PEOPLE NAME: DEG OF GHANA

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PEID: 13302

ROP: 102491

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Affinity Group: Sub-Saharan African Peoples

Affinity Bloc: Sub-Saharan African

People Cluster: Gur

Language: Deg - (mzw)

Alternate Name(s): Mo

Primary Religion: Ethnoreligion - Animism

Country: Ghana

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Population: 54,000

Global Population: 54,000


PEID: 13302

ROP: 102491

Progress of the Gospel: No Longer Unreached

Global Status of Evangelical Christianity: 2% or Greater but Less than 5% Evangelical


Overview: The Deg of Ghana, numbering 54,000, are No Longer Unreached. They are part of the Gur people cluster within the Sub-Saharan African affinity bloc. This people group is only found in Ghana. Their primary language is Deg. The primary religion practiced by the Deg is animism, a religious worldview that natural physical entities--including animals, plants, and even inanimate objects--possess a spiritual essence.


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