• PEOPLE NAME: IDACA OF BENIN

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PEID: 12329

ROP: 103946

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Affinity Group: Sub-Saharan African Peoples

Affinity Bloc: Sub-Saharan African

People Cluster: Yoruba

Language: Ede Idaca - (idd)

Alternate Name(s): Idassa

Primary Religion: Ethnoreligion - Animism

Country: Benin

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Population: 205,000

Global Population: 205,000


PEID: 12329

ROP: 103946

Progress of the Gospel: Engaged yet Unreached

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


Overview: The Idaca of Benin, numbering 205,000, are Engaged yet Unreached. They are part of the Yoruba people cluster within the Sub-Saharan African affinity bloc. This people group is only found in Benin. Their primary language is Ede Idaca. The primary religion practiced by the Idaca is animism, a religious worldview that natural physical entities--including animals, plants, and even inanimate objects--possess a spiritual essence.


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