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Togo
is a small country in West Africa with a population of around four million,
but with more than 30 different languages spoken. It has one of the largest
groups of unreached animists in the whole of Africa. At its core, animism is
the belief in a spiritual realm where the souls of humans, plants and
animals all continue to live after the earthly bodies die. Worshipping idols
and the souls of long-dead ancestors is common.
Sena and Jane Ounate-Lare, are working
with a Togolese church, (Ministère International de Jésus), who have about
40 established churches in the Savane (northern) region of the country.
Dapaong itself has a population of about 30,000 people, a large proportion
of whom are animist. There is an active Muslim influence in the area,
particularly in commercial circles, which has strong financial backing from
outside countries. Around 30% of the population of the town are Catholic and
only 5% Protestant.
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