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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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Pray for the Mulimba of Cameroon

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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:

Films:

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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

For God alone my soul waits in silence; from him comes my salvation.
readPsalm 62:1

Pray that those who are troubled and don't know about the God who saves will hear the good news and find rest in the one true God who can offer salvation for their souls.

Seek the LORD while he may be found; call upon him while he is near.
readIsaiah 55:6

Pray that the lost will seek the Lord while He may be found and call upon Him while He is near, for He is gracious and compassionate, slow to anger and abounding in steadfast love.

I appeal to you therefore, brothers, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and acceptable to God, which is your spiritual worship.
readRomans 12:1

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ, they will offer their bodies as living sacrifices, holy and acceptable to God, knowing that this is their spiritual worship.

There is nothing outside a person that by going into him can defile him, but the things that come out of a person are what defile him.
readMark 7:15

Pray for Christians to take any opportunity to share the hope of Jesus with lost people here, praying they will be wise like Jesus as they share the truth about what can defile people and what can make them clean.

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

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1 people group

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

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