Gbaya-Bossangoa in Central African Republic

The Gbaya-Bossangoa have only been reported in Central African Republic
Population
Main Language
Largest Religion
Christian
Evangelical
Progress
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Introduction / History

The Gbeya people are settled subsistence farmers and fishermen, living in northern Central African Republic (CAR). Some live in the western area of the country also. They are organized in clans within a hierarchical community structure.

The history of the Central African Republic states that the Gbeya people migrated from the eastern edge of Africa, across Sudan, to escape the Arab conquests of the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries. Before Christianity, the Gbeya believed in animism of different forms: ngaanga, zembe, sereze and unzimara. Christianity has come to the Gbeya people through the Brethren Mission of the United States in the early nineteenth century. Currently, many denominations are active among the Gbeya. The main denominations are the Brethren, Catholic, Baptist, and Apostolic churches. Many Gbeya people claim to be Christians (about 97%), but they still also practice their traditional animistic religion. Forms of syncretism are strong among them.

The Gbeya language belongs to the Niger-Congo family and is in the Adamawa-Ubangi group. Scripture portions were translated into Gbeya in the 1950s by Brethren Missionaries, but were not used because of the government policy of promoting only one national language. In 1994, SIL conducted sociolinguistic surveys and launched a translation project with a team of three translators. This project was handed over to ACATBA in 2001. The Brethren Church is still the main partner of this language project.


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Profile Source:   Anonymous  

People Name General Gbaya-Bossangoa
People Name in Country Gbaya-Bossangoa
Alternate Names Bossangoa Gbaya; Gbeya
Population this Country 284,000
Population all Countries 284,000
Total Countries 1
Indigenous Yes
Progress Scale 5
Unreached No
Frontier People Group No
GSEC 1  (per PeopleGroups.org)
Pioneer Workers Needed
People ID 11844
ROP3 Code 103271
ROP25 Code 302623
ROP25 Name Gbaya
Country Central African Republic
Region Africa, West and Central
Continent Africa
10/40 Window No
Persecution Rank 28  (Open Doors top 50 rank, 1 = highest persecution ranking)
Location in Country Ouham prefecture: Bossangoa and Batangafo (Gbabana) subprefectures; Ouham-Pendé prefecture: south of Ouham river.   Source:  Ethnologue 2016
Country Central African Republic
Region Africa, West and Central
Continent Africa
10/40 Window No
Persecution Rank 28  (Open Doors top 50 rank, 1 = highest persecution ranking)
Location in Country Ouham prefecture: Bossangoa and Batangafo (Gbabana) subprefectures; Ouham-Pendé prefecture: south of Ouham river..   Source:  Ethnologue 2016
Primary Religion: Christianity
Major Religion Percent
Buddhism
0.00 %
Christianity  (Evangelical 46.00 %)
93.00 %
Ethnic Religions
2.00 %
Hinduism
0.00 %
Islam
4.00 %
Non-Religious
0.00 %
Other / Small
1.00 %
Unknown
0.00 %
Primary Language Gbaya-Bossangoa (284,000 speakers)
Language Code gbp   Ethnologue Listing
Language Written Yes   ScriptSource Listing
Total Languages 1
Primary Language Gbaya-Bossangoa (284,000 speakers)
Language Code gbp   Ethnologue Listing
Total Languages 1
People Groups Speaking Gbaya-Bossangoa

Primary Language:  Gbaya-Bossangoa

Bible Translation Status  (Years)
Bible-Portions Yes  (1934-2002)
Bible-New Testament Yes  (2021)
Bible-Complete No
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Resource Type Resource Name Source
Audio Recordings Story of Jesus audio Jesus Film Project
Film / Video Jesus Film: view in Gbaya-Bossangoa Jesus Film Project
Film / Video LUMO film of Gospels Bible Media Group/LUMO
Film / Video Walking with Jesus video Jesus Film Project
General Faith Comes By Hearing - Bible in text or audio or video Faith Comes by Hearing
General Gospel resources links Scripture Earth
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