Dagara in Burkina Faso

The Dagara have only been reported in Burkina Faso
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Largest Religion
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Introduction / History

One of the larger ethnic groups of southwestern Burkina Faso is the Dagara. They are divided perhaps more by loyalty than by actual dialect difference between the Lobr and Wule speech varieties.


What Are Their Lives Like?

The Dagara are subsistence farmers. As their staple crops, they grow corn, millet, sorghum and peanuts. Corn and white beans function as their major cash crops, and women sell shea nuts and tree pods.


What Are Their Beliefs?

The Dagara have their own traditional religion. They serve the spirit world. Rituals are very important to them. They believe their ancestral spirits will help them in their daily lives. Some look to shamans for help.

The Dagara believe in the power of five elements. Fire puts us in contact with the spirits and consumes what gets in the way. Water is for purification. Earth is the central element that calls us home to our community. Mineral is the elemental element that invites us to remember who we are through rituals. Nature asks us to be transformed so we can realize our true selves.


What Are Their Needs?

Christ followers can teach them about the sovereign Lord who can force the spirit world to submit. They need to put their faith in the only savior.


Prayer Points

Pray the hearts of the Dagara people would be stirred to hunger after God, to drink of living water.
Pray for family-based movements to Christ to soon transform Dagara society, blessing them spiritually and economically.
Pray for the Lord to move in the hearts of local believers to give up their own rights and sacrifice their lives to see the Dagara people blessed by the work of Jesus Christ, the only savior.


Scripture Prayers for the Dagara in Burkina Faso.


References

https://www.culturalsurvival.org/publications/cultural-survival-quarterly/seen-and-unseen-spirituality-among-dagara-people
https://northernghana.net/what-do-you-know-about-the-dagaaba-people-1/


Profile Source:   Joshua Project  

People Name General Dagara
People Name in Country Dagara
Alternate Names Dagaari; Dagari; Dagati
Population this Country 396,000
Population all Countries 396,000
Total Countries 1
Indigenous Yes
Progress Scale 2
Unreached No
Frontier People Group No
GSEC 1  (per PeopleGroups.org)
Pioneer Workers Needed
PeopleID3 11465
ROP3 Code 102365
Country Burkina Faso
Region Africa, West and Central
Continent Africa
10/40 Window Yes
National Bible Society Website
Persecution Rank 20  (Open Doors top 50 rank, 1 = highest persecution ranking)
Location in Country Centre-Ouest region: Sissili province; Est region; Hauts-Bassins region: Tuy province; Sud-Ouest region: mainly Ioba and Bougouriba provinces; Noumbie and Poni provinces.   Source:  Ethnologue 2016
Country Burkina Faso
Region Africa, West and Central
Continent Africa
10/40 Window Yes
National Bible Society Website
Persecution Rank 20  (Open Doors top 50 rank, 1 = highest persecution ranking)
Location in Country Centre-Ouest region: Sissili province; Est region; Hauts-Bassins region: Tuy province; Sud-Ouest region: mainly Ioba and Bougouriba provinces; Noumbie and Poni provinces..   Source:  Ethnologue 2016
Primary Religion: Ethnic Religions
Major Religion Percent
Buddhism
0.00 %
Christianity  (Evangelical 1.50 %)
25.00 %
Ethnic Religions
50.00 %
Hinduism
0.00 %
Islam
25.00 %
Non-Religious
0.00 %
Other / Small
0.00 %
Unknown
0.00 %
Primary Language Dagara, Northern (396,000 speakers)
Language Code dgi   Ethnologue Listing
Language Written Yes   ScriptSource Listing
Total Languages 1
Primary Language Dagara, Northern (396,000 speakers)
Language Code dgi   Ethnologue Listing
Total Languages 1
People Groups Speaking Dagara, Northern

Primary Language:  Dagara, Northern

Bible Translation Status  (Years)
Bible-Portions Yes  (2006-2007)
Bible-New Testament Yes  (2017)
Bible-Complete Yes  (2013)
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YouVersion NT (www.bible.com) Online
Possible Print Bibles
Amazon
World Bibles
Forum Bible Agencies
National Bible Societies
World Bible Finder
Virtual Storehouse
Resource Type Resource Name Source
Audio Recordings Audio Bible teaching Global Recordings Network
Film / Video God's Story video God's Story
Film / Video Jesus Film: view in Dagara, Northern Jesus Film Project
Film / Video LUMO film of Gospels Bible Media Group/LUMO
Film / Video World Christian Videos World Christian Videos
General Faith Comes By Hearing - Bible in text or audio or video Faith Comes by Hearing
General Faith Comes By Hearing - Bible in text or audio or video Faith Comes by Hearing
General Faith Comes By Hearing - Bible in text or audio or video Faith Comes by Hearing
General Scripture Earth Gospel resources links Scripture Earth
General Scripture Earth Gospel resources links (Wile) Scripture Earth
General YouVersion Bible versions in text and/or audio YouVersion Bibles
Mobile App Android Bible app: Dagaare New Testament Bibles International
Mobile App Android Bible app: Dagara Bible Internet Publishing Sevice
Mobile App Android Bible app: Dagara Nouveau Testament ANTBA Burkina Faso
Mobile App Android Bible app: Dagara, Northern YouVersion Bibles
Mobile App Download audio Bible app as APK file Faith Comes by Hearing
Mobile App iOS Bible app: Dagara, Northern YouVersion Bibles
Photo Source Chad Carter 
Map Source Anonymous  
Profile Source Joshua Project 
Data Sources Data is compiled from various sources. Learn more.