Ganza in Sudan


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Introduction / History

The Ganzas have their own language also named Ganza. They are a small tribe living mainly in Sudan, though some spill over the border into Ethiopia.


What Are Their Lives Like?

Ganzas have an interesting custom where two brothers will marry sisters from the next village. Only a few wealthy individuals can marry more than one wife. In most cases, there is no bride price or bride service. Men work on the farms and tend livestock, and women collect honey from hives they find. They trade goods with neighboring villages.

Each village has a headman who inherits his position and has limited authority. He is called the Father of the Land. He owns symbolic insignias: strings of beads, spears, and village drums. Farmland is held in common by people of an entire village.


What Are Their Beliefs?

Most Ganzas adhere to an ethnic religion that has a supreme creator god, but they also worship the spirits of their dead ancestors. They also take part in divination and rain-making ceremonies. Each village has a spiritual expert. There is a small Christian minority among them.


What Are Their Needs?

The Ganzas need to put all their faith in Christ alone.


Prayer Items

Pray that God will show himself all powerful to the Ganzas.
Pray for Ganza Christians to be God s ambassadors to their animistic neighbors.
Pray for Ganza Christians to put all their hope and faith in Jesus rather than the spirit world.


Scripture Prayers for the Ganza in Sudan.


References

https://www.101lasttribes.com/tribes/komoganza.html


Profile Source:   Joshua Project  

People Name General Ganza
People Name in Country Ganza
Alternate Names
Population this Country 4,300
Population all Countries 5,100
Total Countries 2
Indigenous Yes
Progress Scale 4
Unreached No
Frontier People Group No
Pioneer Workers Needed
PeopleID3 19490
ROP3 Code 103219
Country Sudan
Region Africa, East and Southern
Continent Africa
10/40 Window Yes
National Bible Society Website
Persecution Rank 5  (Open Doors top 50 rank, 1 = highest persecution ranking)
Location in Country An Nil al Azraq state: Kurmuk district, between Yabus and Daga rivers, Dahmoh, Tugubele, Korbum, Darsoma, and Yeshkab villages.   Source:  Ethnologue 2016
Country Sudan
Region Africa, East and Southern
Continent Africa
10/40 Window Yes
National Bible Society Website
Persecution Rank 5  (Open Doors top 50 rank, 1 = highest persecution ranking)
Location in Country An Nil al Azraq state: Kurmuk district, between Yabus and Daga rivers, Dahmoh, Tugubele, Korbum, Darsoma, and Yeshkab villages..   Source:  Ethnologue 2016

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Primary Religion: Ethnic Religions
Major Religion Percent
Buddhism
0.00 %
Christianity  (Evangelical 2.50 %)
2.60 %
Ethnic Religions
87.40 %
Hinduism
0.00 %
Islam
10.00 %
Non-Religious
0.00 %
Other / Small
0.00 %
Unknown
0.00 %
Primary Language Ganza (4,300 speakers)
Language Code gza   Ethnologue Listing
Language Written Unknown
Total Languages 1
Primary Language Ganza (4,300 speakers)
Language Code gza   Ethnologue Listing
Total Languages 1
People Groups Speaking Ganza

Primary Language:  Ganza

Bible Translation Status:  Translation Started

Resource Type Resource Name Source
None reported  
Photo Source Anonymous 
Profile Source Joshua Project 
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