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The Koti of Mozambique

The Koti of Mozambique, numbering approximately 140,000 people, are Engaged yet Unreached. They are a Swahili-influenced Bantu trading people of Angoche and Koti Island on Mozambique's northern coast, descended from 15th-century Arab-Swahili settlers linking the Zambezi interior to Indian Ocean trade. They mostly adhere to Sunni Islam and Koti is their primary language.

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

Fast Facts:

Affinity Group: Sub-Saharan African Peoples
Country: Mozambique
People Cluster: Bantu, Makua-Yao
Primary Language(s): Koti (eko)
Primary Religion(s): Sunni Islam
Population: 140,000
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): Engaged yet Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): Less than 2% Evangelical, No Recent CP Activity
People Group ID: PG015383
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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Sunni Islam
Religious Affiliation: Islam

90%
%
Sunni Islam Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: Koti
Language Family: Atlantic-Congo

100%
%
Koti Speakers

Media Resources in Koti:

Films:
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Bible Resources in Koti:

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SPI: Unreached yet Engaged

The Koti 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 Koti:
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 Koti of Mozambique

The way of the wicked is like deep darkness; they do not know over what they stumble.
readProverbs 4:19

Pray that lost people will accept salvation through Christ, turn from destruction, and experience joy in the way of righteousness.

And this gospel of the kingdom will be proclaimed throughout the whole world as a testimony to all nations, and then the end will come.
readMatthew 24:14

Pray that the gospel of God's kingdom will reach more people and that they will respond in faith, becoming disciples of Jesus Christ.

For if we go on sinning deliberately after receiving the knowledge of the truth, there no longer remains a sacrifice for sins.
readHebrews 10:26

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ, they will live with reverence for God and not deliberately keep sinning after they receive the knowledge of the truth.

The times of ignorance God overlooked, but now he commands all people everywhere to repent.
readActs 17:30

Pray that those God sends to cross cultures will boldly and lovingly declare that God commands all people everywhere to repent.

Koti Across Countries (ROP3 - 105264) reported in the following countries:

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1 people group

PhotoPeople Group IDNameCountryPopulation ▼Strategic Progress IndexLanguageReligion
KotiPG015383KotiMozambique140,000Engaged yet UnreachedKotiSunni Islam

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