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The Nzema of Cote d’Ivoire

The Nzema of Cote d’Ivoire, numbering approximately 138,000 people, are Engaged yet Unreached. They are an Akan people whose language preserves an earlier form of Akan speech, spanning both southwestern Ghana and southeastern Ivory Coast as one people, organized through matrilineal descent for inheritance and political succession. They mostly adhere to Ethnoreligion and Nzima is their primary language.

Photo by Google. (2025). Image generated by Gemini 2.5 Flash: Nzema

Fast Facts:

Affinity Group: Sub-Saharan African Peoples
Country: Cote d’Ivoire
People Cluster: Guinean
Primary Language(s): Nzima (nzi)
Primary Religion(s): Ethnoreligion
Population: 138,000
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): Engaged yet Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): Less than 2% Evangelical, No Recent CP Activity
People Group ID: PG013122
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Pray for the Nzema of Cote d’Ivoire

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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Ethnoreligion
Religious Affiliation: Ethnoreligion

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Ethnoreligion Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: Nzima
Language Family: Atlantic-Congo

100%
%
Nzema Speakers

Media Resources in Nzima:

Films:
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1 film

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Bible Resources in Nzima:

Bible Name (Translation)VideoAudioText
1999 Bible Society of Ghana✓✓✓

1 entry

Provided by Faith Comes by Hearing

Or check out the Nzima bible at Bible.com

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SPI: Unreached yet Engaged

The Nzema are Engaged yet Unreached, which means there are less than 2% evangelical Christian populations but there are sustained efforts at establishing self-sustaining churches consistent with evangelical faith and practice.

Next steps for the Nzema:
Continue prayer and fasting for this group
Continue gospel seed sowing and church planting among this group
Begin training up local leaders to lead and develop strategies to reach their own people

Pray specifically for the Nzema of Cote d’Ivoire

Have mercy on me, O God, according to your steadfast love; according to your abundant mercy blot out my transgressions.
readPsalm 51:1

Give thanks to God that He is able to forgive all the sins people might commit, and pray that many who don't yet know this will hear the good news and turn to Him for mercy.

Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right. “Honor your father and mother” (this is the first commandment with a promise).
readEphesians 6:1-2

Pray that God will bring young men and women to faith in Jesus and that the fruit of their faith will be a powerful testimony as they honor their parents.

I will sing of the steadfast love of the Lord, forever; with my mouth I will make known your faithfulness to all generations.
readPsalm 89:1

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ, they will declare and record His faithfulness and love to be passed on from generation to generation.

Then he said to his disciples, “The harvest is plentiful, but the laborers are few; therefore pray earnestly to the Lord of the harvest to send out laborers into his harvest."
readMatthew 9:37-38

Pray that the Lord of the harvest will raise up believers to send out into His harvest field, which is ripe and ready.

Nzema Across Countries (ROP3 - 100420) reported in the following countries:

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2 people groups

PhotoPeople Group IDNameCountryPopulationStrategic Progress IndexLanguage ▼Religion
NzemaPG013122NzemaCote d’Ivoire138,000Engaged yet UnreachedNzimaEthnoreligion
NzemaPG013265NzemaGhana573,000No Longer UnreachedNzimaEthnoreligion

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