Jahanka

Quick facts about the Jahanka

Location: Senegal, Mali, Gambia, Guinea
Also Known As: Jakhanke, Jahango, Diakhanke
Status: Engaged by IMB
Population: 65,000
Primary Religion: Islam
Number of Christians: .00003%
Language: Jahango

The Jahanka are known as Islamic holy men.
Many Jahanka earn their living through religious services they provide to other Muslims.
Other peoples often pay the Jahanka for services such as prayer and amulets believed to have powers.
No scriptures exist in the Jahango language.

Pray for the Jahanka Muslim clerics to come to Christ and then spread His Word among the Muslims throughout West Africa.

Learn more about the Jahanka!

The Jahanka are a small, mysterious people group of 65,000. They are the Islamic holy men primarily located in Senegal, Guinea and the Gambia. As holy men (Muslim clerics) they conduct Islamic worship rituals and provide Qur'anic teaching in the villages. Because of their desire for religious piety they often remove themselves from secularized society and live in rural villages. Those who do not function as holy men make their living on sustenance farming. The Jahanka are 99.99997% Muslim. There exists no Scriputre in the Jahanka language.

Muslims travel 14+ hours to seek the intercession and advice of Jahanka Muslim clerics. Families will send their boys off to Jahanka villages to attend the Islamic schools run by the Jahanka. Picture a Muslim traveling 14 hours to seek the advice of a Jahanka and the former Muslim cleric telling him of Jesus Christ. As outreach occurs among the Jahanka pray for a great spiritual movement among them.

To request a CD with information on how to be a Partnering Church among the Jahanka, send an e-mail to jahanka@pobox.com.