• PEOPLE NAME: MESENGO OF ETHIOPIA

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PEID: 42729

ROP: 106564

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Affinity Group: Sub-Saharan African Peoples

Affinity Bloc: Sub-Saharan African

People Cluster: Nilotic

Language: Majang - (mpe)

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Primary Religion: Ethnoreligion - Animism

Country: Ethiopia

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Population: 55,500

Global Population: 55,500


PEID: 42729

ROP: 106564

Progress of the Gospel: Unengaged and Unreached

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


Overview: The Mesengo of Ethiopia, numbering 55,500, 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 Majang. The primary religion practiced by the Mesengo is animism, a religious worldview that natural physical entities--including animals, plants, and even inanimate objects--possess a spiritual essence.


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