Bana Fali in Nigeria


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Introduction / History

The Fali people are called Bana in Nigeria. They also live in Cameroon. In Nigeria, the Bana live in the northeast, mainly in the Mubi District.


What Are Their Lives Like?

Fali in Fula means 'perched' and relates to the Fali settlements on the mountainsides. They do farming and hunting. Their main crops are millet, peanuts and cotton.

The Bana are exogamous. They live with or near to the parents of the husband. Inheritance is generally passed to the sons. They have clans with chiefs and with lands. They speak a few languages.


What Are Their Beliefs?

The Bana have an indigenous religion. They believe in a creator god called Faw and a mother goddess called Ona, their earth deity. They pray to ancestors to pray to Faw for them. Many if not most of the Bana have now converted to Islam. Many have become Muslims recently.


Prayer Points

Pray that with the Fali or Bana believing in a creator god that this will lead them to Jesus Christ.
Pray that they will have dreams and visions leading them to salvation too.


Scripture Prayers for the Fali, Bana in Nigeria.


References

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fali_people


Profile Source:   Anonymous  

People Name General Fali, Bana
People Name in Country Fali, Bana
Natural Name Bana Fali
Alternate Names Baza; Mizeran
Population this Country 35,000
Population all Countries 71,000
Total Countries 2
Indigenous Yes
Progress Scale 4
Unreached No
Frontier People Group No
Pioneer Workers Needed
PeopleID3 10632
ROP3 Code 100941
Country Nigeria
Region Africa, West and Central
Continent Africa
10/40 Window Yes
National Bible Society Website
Persecution Rank 6  (Open Doors top 50 rank, 1 = highest persecution ranking)
Location in Country Primarily in Mubi District, Mubi Division of the former Gongola State.   Source:  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fali_people
Country Nigeria
Region Africa, West and Central
Continent Africa
10/40 Window Yes
National Bible Society Website
Persecution Rank 6  (Open Doors top 50 rank, 1 = highest persecution ranking)
Location in Country Primarily in Mubi District, Mubi Division of the former Gongola State..   Source:  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fali_people

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Primary Religion: Ethnic Religions
Major Religion Percent
Buddhism
0.00 %
Christianity  (Evangelical 3.00 %)
5.00 %
Ethnic Religions
60.00 %
Hinduism
0.00 %
Islam
35.00 %
Non-Religious
0.00 %
Other / Small
0.00 %
Unknown
0.00 %
Primary Language Bana (35,000 speakers)
Language Code bcw   Ethnologue Listing
Language Written Yes   ScriptSource Listing
Total Languages 1
Primary Language Bana (35,000 speakers)
Language Code bcw   Ethnologue Listing
Total Languages 1
People Groups Speaking Bana
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Profile Source Anonymous 
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