Gabon

Gabon is located on the west coast of Africa between Equatorial Guinea to the north and Republic of the Congo to the south. Most of Gabon’s population is urban. The remainder of the population is scattered widely among several hundred rural villages, which are concentrated along rivers and roads. Despite Gabon being wealthy in resources, poverty is prevalent for many of the people, especially the women and children of Gabon. Due to a lack of education and social issues, including exploitation and trafficking of children, there is great oppression in this small nation. The population is relatively young: almost three-quarters are younger than age 30.

Although it is said that Gabon has been mostly reached, spiritist beliefs and practices are widely observed and deeply pervasive in many of their belief systems. This continues to cause many to fall back on fetishes, hallucinogenic drugs, ancestral spirits and dependence on the medicine men who have held them in bondage for generations. Secret societies are common; many government elite, police officers and members of the army often participate in bloody night time rituals including witchcraft and black magic. Christians who refuse to participate in these “harmless clubs” can be refused academic or professional advancement. With 51 people groups in Gabon, there are still five Unreached people Groups that still need to be reached, among them the Hausa, Wolof, Fulani, and Minduumo.