Marfa in Chad

The Marfa have only been reported in Chad
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Largest Religion
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Introduction / History

The Marfa are a Muslim people who live in the Ouaddai (Waddai) region of eastern Chad, where they live in numerous villages around the Marfa mountains from which they derive their name.


What Are Their Lives Like?

They share a similar culture to other Ouaddai people groups, such as the Karanga, Kashmere and Maba, but they have their own distinct language which distinguishes them from others.

Many of the Marfa work in millet fields around the villages in the rainy season (June to September) When the harvest is threshed many of the men head for larger cities and towns of Chad and farther afield to find work, while others work on gardens along the beds of the wadis. Wadis are dry river beds for most of the year, with ample water sources underground that are replenished during the rainy season.


What Are Their Needs?

Their area in the Ouaddai is remote - around 150 kilometers from the major town of Abéché. With no medical facilities in the area, those who are seriously ill often die in their villages or on the way to hospital two to three days away by donkey or camel. Some medical work may be a key to living alongside the people of the Marfa community and sharing the Good News of Jesus in word and deed.


Prayer Points

Pray God will send laborers to this harvest field.


Scripture Prayers for the Marfa in Chad.


Profile Source:   Anonymous  

People Name General Marfa
People Name in Country Marfa
Alternate Names
Population this Country 21,000
Population all Countries 21,000
Total Countries 1
Indigenous Yes
Progress Scale 4
Unreached No
Frontier People Group No
GSEC 0  (per PeopleGroups.org)
Pioneer Workers Needed
People ID 13537
ROP3 Code 106324
ROP25 Code 305206
ROP25 Name Marfa
Country Chad
Region Africa, West and Central
Continent Africa
10/40 Window Yes
Persecution Rank Not ranked
Location in Country Ouaddaï region: Ouara department, south of Abéché.   Source:  Ethnologue 2016
Country Chad
Region Africa, West and Central
Continent Africa
10/40 Window Yes
Persecution Rank Not ranked
Location in Country Ouaddaï region: Ouara department, south of Abéché..   Source:  Ethnologue 2016
Primary Religion: Islam
Major Religion Percent
Buddhism
0.00 %
Christianity  (Evangelical 3.70 %)
5.00 %
Ethnic Religions
5.00 %
Hinduism
0.00 %
Islam
90.00 %
Non-Religious
0.00 %
Other / Small
0.00 %
Unknown
0.00 %
Primary Language Marfa (21,000 speakers)
Language Code mvu   Ethnologue Listing
Language Written Unknown
Total Languages 1
Primary Language Marfa (21,000 speakers)
Language Code mvu   Ethnologue Listing
Total Languages 1
People Groups Speaking Marfa

Primary Language:  Marfa

Bible Translation Status:  Translation Needed

Resource Type Resource Name Source
None reported  
Map Source Anonymous  
Profile Source Anonymous 
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