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PEOPLE GROUP PROFILE

The Kokola of Malawi

The Kokola of Malawi, numbering approximately 403,000 people, are Engaged yet Unreached. They are described as an ethnolinguistic community of Malawi They are an Indigenous people, with Kokola as their ethnic/kinship group and are in the Bantu, Makua-Yao people cluster of the Sub-Saharan African Peoples. Their primary religion is Ethnoreligion. They primarily speak Kokola.

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

Fast Facts*:

Affinity Group: Sub-Saharan African Peoples
Country: Malawi
People Cluster: Bantu, Makua-Yao
Primary Language(s): Kokola (kzn)
Primary Religion(s): Ethnoreligion
Population: 403,000
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): Engaged yet Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): Less than 2% Evangelical, No Recent CP Activity
People Group ID: PG015324
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Pray for the Kokola of Malawi

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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Ethnoreligion
Religious Affiliation: Ethnoreligion

60%
%
Ethnoreligion Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: Kokola
Language Family: Atlantic-Congo

100%
%
Kokola Speakers

Media Resources in Kokola:

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Bible Resources in Kokola:

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SPI: Unreached yet Engaged

The Kokola 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 Kokola:
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 Kokola of Malawi

For we do not wrestle against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the cosmic powers over this present darkness, against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly places.
readEphesians 6:12

Pray for those ensnared by the darkness of this world, that they will recognize the spiritual forces at work and turn to the light of Christ.

And your ears shall hear a word behind you, saying, ‘This is the way, walk in it,’ when you turn to the right or when you turn to the left.
readIsaiah 30:21

As the lost in this people group seek to know the truth of who God is, pray that the Spirit of God will draw them to Himself and guide them in the way they should go.

And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again and will take you to myself, that where I am you may be also.
readJohn 14:3

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ, they will have hope in trials because they know that Jesus will one day take them to be with Him forever.

He came as a witness, to bear witness about the light, that all might believe through him.
readJohn 1:7

Pray that God will raise up witnesses to testify about Jesus so that all might believe, knowing that He is light and in Him there is no darkness at all.

Kokola Across Countries (ROP3 - 105107) reported in the following countries:

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2 people groups

PhotoPeople Group IDNameCountryPopulation ▼Strategic Progress IndexLanguageReligion
KokolaPG015324KokolaMalawi403,000Engaged yet UnreachedKokolaEthnoreligion
KokolaPG033592KokolaMozambique138,000Engaged yet UnreachedKokolaEthnoreligion

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

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