• RELIGION: ETHNORELIGION - AFRICAN TRADITIONAL RELIGION



QUICK FACTS:

People groups: 27

Population: 27,656,700

Unreached people groups: 23

UPG population: 14,180,000

Unengaged UPGs: 12

UUPG population: 2,131,600

Number of countries: 16


Base Religion: Ethnoreligion

Description: African Traditional Religion encompasses the traditional beliefs and practices of African ethnic groups. There are as many African traditional religions as peoples or tribes, notably: Akan, Dogon, Fon, Igbo, Mende and Yoruba in west Africa, and Zande in central Africa; Dinka, Nuer and Shilluk among the Nilotics; Ganda, Lovedu, Shona and Zulu among Bantu.


People groups: 27

Population: 27,656,700

Unreached people groups: 23

UPG population: 14,180,000

Unengaged UPGs: 12

UUPG population: 2,131,600

Number of countries: 16