Western Karaboro

The Western Karaboro is a people group of 16,000 with no known Christians.  They live in 16 villages throughout southwestern Burkina Faso.  Five of those villages have populations exceeding 1,000.  Their language has two dialects, Syer and Tenyer, but most also speak Jula.  Their primary religions are Islam and African traditional religion. 

Challenges in reaching the Western Karaboro:

• The roads are not paved so during rainy season travel is difficult and in some areas impossible.
• There are no known gospel resources in their language dialects.
• Animism controls the lives of the W. Karaboro so spiritual oppression will be encountered.

Opportunities in reaching the Western Karaboro:

• There are Christians among a nearby people group the Eastern Karaboro, however, the dialect differences pose difficulties in communication among the 2 groups.  If the Christians among the Eastern Karaboro could be mobilized to reach the Western Karaboro, there is great potential to make a significant evangelistic impact.

Western Karaboro

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