Yasa in Cameroon
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| People Name: | Yasa |
| Country: | Cameroon |
| 10/40 Window: | No |
| Population: | 5,400 |
| World Population: | 7,900 |
| Primary Language: | Iyasa |
| Primary Religion: | Christianity |
| Christian Adherents: | 74.00 % |
| Evangelicals: | 6.00 % |
| Scripture: | Portions |
| Ministry Resources: | No |
| Jesus Film: | No |
| Audio Recordings: | No |
| People Cluster: | Bantu, Northwest |
| Affinity Bloc: | Sub-Saharan Peoples |
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Introduction / History
Yasa villages are located predominantly along the coastal plains.
What Are Their Lives Like?
Most are fishermen. Women grow cassava and other staples to supplement their diet. Plantains and wild fruit are in abundance when in season.
The living fearing the dead that's what outsiders would conclude from the elaborate tombstones and explicit memorials surrounding older, plainer homes in a Yasa village. And the outsiders would be right, especially if they learn that these poor fisherman sometimes pay thousands of dollars to bury a loved one.
What Are Their Beliefs?
Church is primarily a social gathering place. Clergy sometimes perform exorcisms or other rituals to help protect believers from the evil spirits they so deeply fear. Few church members understand Christ's work on the cross, and fewer still embrace the freedom and peace implicit in a relationship with the living Savior. Until now, churches have always used another language.
What Are Their Needs?
Yasas in Cameroon need to take the glorious name of Christ to anyone who will listen.
Prayer Points
Pray for Oral Bible Storytelling (OBS), to impact the Yasa people this decade.
Pray for the Lord to give Yasa family leaders a spiritual hunger that will spread to entire families.
Pray for the Holy Spirit to move through Yasa churches and homes.