Moving across West Africa, the Fulani people are a nomadic group whose livelihood is shepherding their livestock. Their Islamic faith is central to who they are, and they firmly cling to their beliefs with pride. A common stereotype among them says, “to be Fulani is to be Muslim.” Alliance International Workers have been trying to break into their culture with the love of Jesus for decades, but it has been difficult and at times nearly impossible. However, in recent years, they have begun to see some cracks in the wall.  

A few years ago, Alliance Church felt the urgency to fulfill the Great Commission (Matthew 28:19-20 and Acts 1:8) and decided to adopt an unreached people group. After much prayer and research, we landed on the Fulani. 

Since then, we have developed some strategic connections to C&MA International Workers in West Africa who are providing help to the Fulani. The Guinea CAMA (Compassion and Mercy Associates) team has become an important partner of our church.

This CAMA team of five families recently relocated to Tinka, a mountainous area in Guinea that is inhabited by Fulani people, where they are working to establish a demonstration farm. They have begun teaching their Fulani neighbors some techniques to develop good soil, which will yield better crops to feed their livestock and ultimately enhance their source of income. 

As they work with Fulani people and help them with sustainable ways to farm, they are also building relationships and showing them the love of Christ in tangible ways.  

The Fulani live in darkness, clinging to a hopeless religion. Worshipping a distant, demanding god, they are chained by fear, competition, and power struggles. But through prayer, we are starting to see a shift. “There’s something that’s changing. There’s a more responsive attitude. There are more workers coming,” says Jake, an IW working in West Africa. “I personally believe it’s a result of prayer. We’ve been praying for the Fulani for years, for decades.”  

We would like to invite you to support the Guinea CAMA team with prayer. Together, we’re asking God to soften the hearts of the Fulani living in Tinka so that they can experience the love of Jesus and find true hope in a living God who provides for them and offers assurance of salvation. God loves the Fulani people. He desires that they would come to know Him, and we can pray that God will continue to open doors among the Fulani.  

Pray also for more workers to go to the ends of the earth to work among the Fulani, so that one day our mission of All of Jesus for all the World will include a multitude of Fulani represented in Jesus Christ. 

The November–December 2025 issue of Alliance Life provides a deep dive into the Fulani people and how the Alliance has been working among them since 1923.

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