Sakalava in Madagascar

The Sakalava have only been reported in Madagascar
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Main Language
Largest Religion
Christian
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Introduction / History

The Sakalava are partly nomads who live on the west coast of Madagascar and grow rice. They have a history of having skills at sea.

The Sakalava in the north are different to the ones in the south. They respect their living and dead royalty. They work in fishing and agriculture.

The Sakalava believe in a distant God who creates and was the first ancestor and can be contacted by mediums. Pleasing their ancestors is the most important thing to them. They have traditional religions. The Catholics have made some impact and so has Islam. Evangelicals have not had much success


Prayer Points

Pray that the Sakalava will realize that the way to salvation is through Jesus Christ only and not through ancestors at all.


Scripture Prayers for the Sakalava in Madagascar.


References

http://prayafrica.org/project/sakalava-of-madagascar/


Profile Source:   Anonymous  

People Name General Sakalava
People Name in Country Sakalava
Alternate Names
Population this Country 2,079,000
Population all Countries 2,079,000
Total Countries 1
Indigenous Yes
Progress Scale 2
Unreached No
Frontier People Group No
GSEC 1  (per PeopleGroups.org)
Pioneer Workers Needed
People ID 20047
ROP3 Code 108531
ROP25 Code 307135
ROP25 Name Sakalava
Country Madagascar
Region Africa, East and Southern
Continent Africa
10/40 Window No
National Bible Society Website
Persecution Rank Not ranked
Location in Country Diana, Sofia, Boeny, Betsiboka, Melaky, Menabe and (coastline only) Atsimo-Andrefana regions; western Bongolava, Vakinankaratra, and Amoron’i Mania regions.   Source:  Ethnologue 2016
Country Madagascar
Region Africa, East and Southern
Continent Africa
10/40 Window No
National Bible Society Website
Persecution Rank Not ranked
Location in Country Diana, Sofia, Boeny, Betsiboka, Melaky, Menabe and (coastline only) Atsimo-Andrefana regions; western Bongolava, Vakinankaratra, and Amoron’i Mania regions..   Source:  Ethnologue 2016

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Primary Religion: Ethnic Religions
Major Religion Percent
Buddhism
0.00 %
Christianity  (Evangelical 1.81 %)
35.00 %
Ethnic Religions
60.00 %
Hinduism
0.00 %
Islam
5.00 %
Non-Religious
0.00 %
Other / Small
0.00 %
Unknown
0.00 %
Primary Language Malagasy, Sakalava (2,079,000 speakers)
Language Code skg   Ethnologue Listing
Language Written Yes   ScriptSource Listing
Total Languages 1
Primary Language Malagasy, Sakalava (2,079,000 speakers)
Language Code skg   Ethnologue Listing
Total Languages 1
People Groups Speaking Malagasy, Sakalava

Primary Language:  Malagasy, Sakalava

Bible Translation Status  (Years)
Bible-Portions Yes  (2006)
Bible-New Testament No
Bible-Complete No
Possible Print Bibles
Amazon
World Bibles
Forum Bible Agencies
National Bible Societies
World Bible Finder
Virtual Storehouse
Resource Type Resource Name Source
Audio Recordings Audio Bible teaching Global Recordings Network
Film / Video God's Story video God's Story
Film / Video Jesus Film: view in Malagasy, Sakalava Jesus Film Project
Film / Video My Last Day video, anime Jesus Film Project
General Gospel resources links Scripture Earth
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Profile Source Anonymous 
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