The Mikifore of Guinea

The Mikifore of Guinea, numbering approximately 31,500 people, are Engaged yet Unreached. They are a Manding people descended from the Bambara, Koranko, and Malinke who trace origin to the 1300s Mali Empire, arriving in Guinea and Sierra Leone around 1600 and settling Boke and Boffa before spreading toward the northern borders through migration. They mostly adhere to Folk Islam and Mogofin is their primary language.

Photo by Google. (2026). Image generated by Gemini 2.5 Flash: Mikifore

Fast Facts:

Affinity Group: Sub-Saharan African Peoples
Country: Guinea
People Cluster: Mande
Primary Language(s): Mogofin (mfg)
Primary Religion(s): Folk Islam
Population: 31,500
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): Engaged yet Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): Less than 2% Evangelical, No Recent CP Activity
People Group ID: PG013426
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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Folk Islam
Religious Affiliation: Islam

99%
%
Folk Islam Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: Mogofin
Language Family: Mande

100%
%
Mogofin Speakers

Media Resources in Mogofin:

Films:

No film resources are listed for this language.

Bible Resources in Mogofin:

No Bible resources are listed for this language.

Or check out the Mogofin bible at Bible.com

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SPI: Unreached yet Engaged

The Mikifore 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 Mikifore:
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 Mikifore of Guinea

Sing for joy, O heavens, and exult, O earth; break forth, O mountains, into singing! For the LORD has comforted his people and will have compassion on his afflicted.
readIsaiah 49:13

Thank the Lord for the people here and ask that His gospel will flow through this land to bring hope to those who are afflicted by the guilt of sin.

No, I tell you; but unless you repent, you will all likewise perish.
readLuke 13:3

Pray that the lost will repent and believe the gospel, for without it, they will perish.

Depart from me, all you workers of evil, for the LORD has heard the sound of my weeping.
readPsalm 6:8

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ, God will remind them that He is near and will help them place their hope in Him when others wish to do them harm.

Being then God's offspring, we ought not to think that the divine being is like gold or silver or stone, an image formed by the art and imagination of man.
readActs 17:29

Pray that God will send out laborers to tell people of the one true God and, as the good news is shared, bring about repentance and belief as they turn from idols and follow Jesus.

Mikifore Across Countries (ROP3 - 106632) reported in the following countries:

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