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PEOPLE GROUP PROFILE

The Maninka of Guinea

The Maninka of Guinea, numbering approximately 3,855,000 people, are Engaged yet Unreached. They are described as an ethnolinguistic community of Guinea They are an Indigenous people, with Maninka as their ethnic/kinship group and are in the Malinke people cluster of the Sub-Saharan African Peoples. Their primary religion is Folk Islam. They primarily speak Maninkakan, Eastern.

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Fast Facts*:

Affinity Group: Sub-Saharan African Peoples
Country: Guinea
People Cluster: Malinke
Primary Language(s): Maninkakan, Eastern (emk)
Primary Religion(s): Folk Islam
Population: 3,855,000
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): Engaged yet Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): Less than 2% Evangelical, No Recent CP Activity
People Group ID: PG013424
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Pray for the Maninka of Guinea

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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Folk Islam
Religious Affiliation: Islam

98%
%
Folk Islam Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: Maninkakan, Eastern
Language Family: Mande

100%
%
Maninkakan, Eastern Speakers

Media Resources in Maninkakan, Eastern:

Films:
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Bible Resources in Maninkakan, Eastern:

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SPI: Unreached yet Engaged

The Maninka 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 Maninka:
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 Maninka of Guinea

And this is the judgment: the light has come into the world, and people loved the darkness rather than the light because their works were evil.
readJohn 3:19

Pray that God will have mercy on those who love the darkness they are walking in and turn from their sin to faith in Christ.

Simon Peter replied, “You are the Christ, the Son of the living God.”
readMatthew 16:16

Pray that many will see clearly that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of the living God, and put their trust in Him.

The LORD bless you and keep you.
readNumbers 6:24

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ, they will be blessed with God's grace, trusting that He will never abandon them.

And if a son of peace is there, your peace will rest upon him. But if not, it will return to you.
readLuke 10:6

Pray that, as people come to faith in Christ and want to share it with others, they will be welcomed into homes and received well so that they can share message of hope with many people.

Maninka, Eastern Across Countries (ROP3 - 106265) reported in the following countries:

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4 people groups

PhotoPeople Group IDNameCountryPopulationStrategic Progress Index ▼LanguageReligion
Eastern ManinkaPG048618Eastern ManinkaMali693,000Engaged yet UnreachedManinkakan, EasternSunni Islam
ManinkaPG014290ManinkaSierra Leone189,000Engaged yet UnreachedManinkakan, EasternFolk Islam
ManinkaPG013516ManinkaLiberia78,500Engaged yet UnreachedManinkakan, EasternFolk Islam
ManinkaPG013424ManinkaGuinea3,855,000Engaged yet UnreachedManinkakan, EasternFolk Islam

To download a comprehensive people group list in spreadsheet form, visit our Research Data page.

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