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PEOPLE GROUP PROFILE

The Manya of Guinea

The Manya of Guinea, numbering approximately 107,000 people, are Engaged yet Unreached. They are a Maninka people of eastern Guinea's Kankan region, heartland of the 13th-century Mali Empire founded by Sundiata Keita, among the largest Mande-speaking peoples whose language and griot oral traditions spread across West Africa from that imperial core. They mostly adhere to Folk Islam and Manya is their primary language.

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Fast Facts:

Affinity Group: Sub-Saharan African Peoples
Country: Guinea
People Cluster: Malinke
Primary Language(s): Manya (mzj)
Primary Religion(s): Folk Islam
Population: 107,000
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): Engaged yet Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): Less than 2% Evangelical, No Recent CP Activity
People Group ID: PG023165
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Pray for the Manya of Guinea

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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Folk Islam
Religious Affiliation: Islam

99%
%
Folk Islam Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: Manya
Language Family: Mande

100%
%
Manya Speakers

Media Resources in Manya:

Films:

No film resources are listed for this language.

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Bible Resources in Manya:

Bible Name (Translation)VideoAudioText
2018 Edition✓✓✓

1 entry

Provided by Faith Comes by Hearing

Or check out the Manya bible at Bible.com

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SPI: Unreached yet Engaged

The Manya 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 Manya:
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 Manya of Guinea

While he was coming, the demon threw him to the ground and convulsed him. But Jesus rebuked the unclean spirit and healed the boy, and gave him back to his father.
readLuke 9:42

Pray that those who are living outside of the hope of the gospel will know and trust that Jesus offers freedom from the oppression of sin and hope in eternal life.

He will tend his flock like a shepherd; he will gather the lambs in his arms; he will carry them in his bosom, and gently lead those that are with young.
readIsaiah 40:11

Pray that the lost will come to know the tender care of the Good Shepherd, who gathers the lambs in His arms and carries them close to His heart.

Therefore, as you received Christ Jesus the Lord, so walk in him, rooted and built up in him and established in the faith, just as you were taught, abounding in thanksgiving.
readColossians 2:6-7

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ, they will be rooted and built up in Him, abounding in thanksgiving for the grace and mercy He has shown them.

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.

Manya Across Countries (ROP3 - 111214) reported in the following countries:

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2 people groups

PhotoPeople Group IDNameCountryPopulationStrategic Progress Index ▼LanguageReligion
ManyaPG023165ManyaGuinea107,000Engaged yet UnreachedManyaFolk Islam
ManyaPG013518ManyaLiberia109,000Engaged yet UnreachedManyaFolk Islam

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