Benga in Gabon


Population
Main Language
Largest Religion
Christian
Evangelical
Progress
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Introduction / History

The Benga people are a peaceful and friendly group of coastal fishermen, sailors and merchants. They are one of the 14 Ndowe people groups living along the coast of Equitorial Guinea. Their traditional home is Corisco island and Elobey Grande and the mouth of the mighty Rio Muni estuary and the south coast of EG.

Corisco island is a beautiful tropical paradise, famous for its snow white sand.

Presbyterian missionaries from the USA began work among the Benga in 1854. The New Testament was printed in 1893, followed by 18 books of the Old Testament between 1899 and 1902. Time and tropical humidity almost destroyed all existing copies. Revision and reprinting are desperately needed. The last missionary left Benga during WWII, in 1943, but the tiny Protestant church started by the missionaries still hangs on. For economic reasons the majority of the Benga have left Corisco island.


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Profile Source:   Anonymous  

People Name General Benga
People Name in Country Benga
Alternate Names
Population this Country 3,000
Population all Countries 9,100
Total Countries 2
Indigenous Yes
Progress Scale 4
Unreached No
Frontier People Group No
GSEC 1  (per PeopleGroups.org)
Pioneer Workers Needed
People ID 10789
ROP3 Code 101253
ROP25 Code 301072
ROP25 Name Benga
Country Gabon
Region Africa, West and Central
Continent Africa
10/40 Window No
National Bible Society Website
Persecution Rank Not ranked
Location in Country Estuaire province: north of Libreville, along the coast, Cape Estérias.   Source:  Ethnologue 2016
Country Gabon
Region Africa, West and Central
Continent Africa
10/40 Window No
National Bible Society Website
Persecution Rank Not ranked
Location in Country Estuaire province: north of Libreville, along the coast, Cape Estérias..   Source:  Ethnologue 2016
Primary Religion: Christianity
Major Religion Percent
Buddhism
0.00 %
Christianity  (Evangelical 5.00 %)
92.00 %
Ethnic Religions
8.00 %
Hinduism
0.00 %
Islam
0.00 %
Non-Religious
0.00 %
Other / Small
0.00 %
Unknown
0.00 %
Primary Language Benga (3,000 speakers)
Language Code bng   Ethnologue Listing
Language Written Yes   ScriptSource Listing
Total Languages 1
Primary Language Benga (3,000 speakers)
Language Code bng   Ethnologue Listing
Total Languages 1
People Groups Speaking Benga

Primary Language:  Benga

Bible Translation Status  (Years)
Bible-Portions Yes  (1863)
Bible-New Testament Yes  (1895-1929)
Bible-Complete Yes  (1929)
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
General YouVersion Bible versions in text and/or audio YouVersion Bibles
Mobile App Android Bible app: Benga YouVersion Bibles
Mobile App iOS Bible app: Benga YouVersion Bibles
Map Source Anonymous  
Profile Source Anonymous 
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