• PEOPLE NAME: KAMANTAN OF NIGERIA


PEID: 13896

ROP: 104503

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Affinity Group: Sub-Saharan African Peoples

Affinity Bloc: Sub-Saharan African

People Cluster: Benue

Language: Kamantan - (kci)

Alternate Name(s): Angan

Primary Religion: Ethnoreligion - Animism

Country: Nigeria

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Population: 35,000

Global Population: 35,000


PEID: 13896

ROP: 104503

Progress of the Gospel: No Longer Unreached

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


Overview: The Kamantan of Nigeria, numbering 35,000, are No Longer Unreached. They are part of the Benue people cluster within the Sub-Saharan African affinity bloc. This people group is only found in Nigeria. Their primary language is Kamantan. The primary religion practiced by the Kamantan is animism, a religious worldview that natural physical entities--including animals, plants, and even inanimate objects--possess a spiritual essence.


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