• PEOPLE NAME: LOKO OF SIERRA LEONE

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PEID: 14288

ROP: 105827

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Affinity Group: Sub-Saharan African Peoples

Affinity Bloc: Sub-Saharan African

People Cluster: Mande

Language: Loko - (lok)

Alternate Name(s): Landgo, Landogo

Primary Religion: Ethnoreligion - Animism

Country: Sierra Leone

Also found in: Guinea

Population: 235,000

Global Population: 235,850


PEID: 14288

ROP: 105827

Progress of the Gospel: No Longer Unreached

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


Overview: The Loko of Sierra Leone, numbering 235,000, are No Longer Unreached. They are part of the Mande people cluster within the Sub-Saharan African affinity bloc. Globally, this group totals 235,850 in 2 countries. Their primary language is Loko. The primary religion practiced by the Loko is animism, a religious worldview that natural physical entities--including animals, plants, and even inanimate objects--possess a spiritual essence.


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