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Dagara of Burkina Faso
80,000 widely scattered villagers with about 1,300 Christians. The illiteracy rate exceeds 80%. The Dagara (pronounced DAH-gah-rah) people reside in the southwest part of Burkina Faso and the northwest part of Ghana. They live in small villages scattered over a large area. More than 98% of the Dagara still follow their traditional animist religion. However, the Association of Evangelical Pentecostal Churches (AEEP) was planted in the area at the end of the 1940s. Only a few individuals practice the other major religion in the region.
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Praise God that the book of Revelation is now ready for the consultant. Pray for the consultant’s review of Revelation that the translation will meet with his approval for publication.
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Pray that the Lord will provide the necessary materials so the translation and literacy office building will be finished. This is being done with sensitivity to the various church denominations represented.
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The team attended a two-week workshop on preparing a Dagara dictionary. Pray that the team will use to best advantage the training they’re receiving, so they’ll be effective in their Bible translation ministry.