• PEOPLE NAME: ONGAMO OF TANZANIA


PEID: 15017

ROP: 107653

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Affinity Group: Sub-Saharan African Peoples

Affinity Bloc: Sub-Saharan African

People Cluster: Nilotic

Language: Mochi - (old)

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Primary Religion: Ethnoreligion - Animism

Country: Tanzania

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Population: 8,000

Global Population: 8,000


PEID: 15017

ROP: 107653

Progress of the Gospel: No Longer Unreached

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


Overview: The Ongamo of Tanzania, numbering 8,000, are No Longer Unreached. They are part of the Nilotic people cluster within the Sub-Saharan African affinity bloc. This people group is only found in Tanzania. Their primary language is Mochi. The primary religion practiced by the Ongamo is animism, a religious worldview that natural physical entities--including animals, plants, and even inanimate objects--possess a spiritual essence.


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