Sokoto Fulani of Eastern Niger

The Sokoto Fulani are a subgroup of the much larger Fulani people of West Africa. They are found in southeastern Niger and northern Nigeria. Ninety-nine percent of this people group of 480,000 follows a mixture of Islamic and traditional African beliefs. There is no Bible in their dialect; they have never heard the gospel. There has been virtually no Christian witness among them for centuries.

Wednesday, July 18, 2007

meet *A

Meet *A. He is a teenage Fulani boy living in a Hausa town in Niger. A is a close friend to the two journeymen in the area.

Like almost all Fulani, he is a Muslim. He does not have a good relationship with his father, but looks up to a man named *B. Under B’s guidance, A prays five times a day and performs the ritual cleansings required of all Muslims. But when B is not around, he does not do these things. A knows why his journeymen friends are in Niger, but does not feel the need for Jesus in his life. He does not believe that Jesus is God’s Son or that He is more than a prophet.

Pray that A would further question the journeymen about their faith. Pray that he would not find comfort in the rituals and works of his religion, but seek to know Jesus and His saving grace.

(by chelsea)

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