The Ede Ica language — known by its speakers as Ede Ifè — is a Yoruboid language of the Niger-Congo family spoken by approximately 137,000 people across southern Togo, Benin, and parts of Ghana. The Ifè people, who live primarily in rural areas where most speak only their heart language, had no written form of their language when researchers from what would become Wycliffe Benin first visited in early 1981. Two women missionaries — Hélène Boëthius from Sweden and Anna Kohler from Switzerland — identified the need and began the long task of creating an orthography, establishing literacy programs, and translating scripture. By 2009, the Ifè New Testament was published and dedicated in a joyful ceremony — with one community member memorably describing reading the crucifixion scene in their own language: "I shed tears! The words chosen were accurate and natural, and were very moving." Wycliffe Benin has since continued work toward an Old Testament, targeting completion of the full Bible by 2026. The audio edition of the New Testament,, extends scripture access to the many Ifè speakers in Benin for whom oral engagement is most natural.