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The Mulimba of Cameroon

The Mulimba of Cameroon, numbering approximately 4,300 people, are No Longer Unreached. They are a Sawa coastal people of Cameroon's Wouri and Dibamba river estuaries, sharing with the closely related Duala an origin tradition tracing descent from the ancestor Mbedi at Piti on the Dibamba River, and joining the annual Ngondo ancestor-festival. They mostly adhere to Roman Catholicism and Malimba is their primary language.

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

Fast Facts:

Affinity Group: Sub-Saharan African Peoples
Country: Cameroon
People Cluster: Bantu, Northwest
Primary Language(s): Malimba (mzd)
Primary Religion(s): Roman Catholicism
Population: 4,300
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): No Longer Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): 2% or Greater but Less than 5% Evangelical
People Group ID: PG012708
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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Roman Catholicism
Religious Affiliation: Christianity

68%
%
Roman Catholicism Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: Malimba
Language Family: Atlantic-Congo

57%
%
Mulimba Speakers

Media Resources in Malimba:

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Bible Resources in Malimba:

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SPI: No longer Unreached

The Mulimba are No Longer Unreached, which means there are more than 2% evangelical Christian populations and there are churches consistent with evangelical faith and practice. There is still more to be done among them.

Next steps for the Mulimba:
Empower local believers to begin praying for their own people
Continue gospel seed sowing and church planting
Encourage local leaders to being leading church planting strategy and looking for Unreached and Unengaged groups nearby

Pray specifically for the Mulimba of Cameroon

These have indeed an appearance of wisdom in promoting self- made religion and asceticism and severity to the body, but they are of no value in stopping the indulgence of the flesh.
readColossians 2:23

Pray for those without Christ, that they will see the emptiness of human traditions and turn to the truth and grace found in Jesus.

For your steadfast love is great to the heavens, your faithfulness to the clouds.
readPsalm 57:10

Pray that God will work, even in the hearts of hard-to-reach people, and that they will rejoice in His steadfast love and faithfulness.

Continue steadfastly in prayer, being watchful in it with thanksgiving.
readColossians 4:2

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ, they will continue steadfastly in prayer, being watchful in it with thanksgiving, as they bring needs before the Lord.

For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life.
readJohn 3:16

Pray that God will send and sustain believers to cross cultures and share the gospel with the lost. Ask that He will give them His heart for the lost and that many will believe in Him and not perish but have eternal life.

Mulimba Across Countries (ROP3 - 106885) reported in the following countries:

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1 people group

PhotoPeople Group IDName ▼CountryPopulationStrategic Progress IndexLanguageReligion
MulimbaPG012708MulimbaCameroon4,300No Longer UnreachedMalimbaRoman Catholicism

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