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PEOPLE GROUP PROFILE

The Kita Maninka of Mali

The Kita Maninka of Mali, numbering approximately 778,000 people, are Engaged yet Unreached. They are a regional subgroup of the Maninka (Malinké) people of western Mali, centered around the town of Kita. They mostly adhere to Sunni Islam and Kita Maninkakan is their primary language.

Photo by Google. (2026). Image generated by Gemini 3.1 Flash-Lite: Maninka Kita

Fast Facts:

Affinity Group: Sub-Saharan African Peoples
Country: Mali
People Cluster: Malinke
Primary Language(s): Kita Maninkakan (mwk)
Primary Religion(s): Sunni Islam
Population: 778,000
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): Engaged yet Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): Less than 2% Evangelical, No Recent CP Activity
People Group ID: PG048617
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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Sunni Islam
Religious Affiliation: Islam

97%
%
Sunni Islam Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: Kita Maninkakan
Language Family: Mande

90%
%
Maninkakan, Kita Speakers

Media Resources in Kita Maninkakan:

Films:
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Bible Resources in Kita Maninkakan:

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SPI: Unreached yet Engaged

The Kita 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 Kita 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 Kita Maninka of Mali

"For it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich person to enter the kingdom of God." Those who heard it said, "Then who can be saved?" But he said "What is impossible with man is possible with God."
readLuke 18:25-27

Pray that the lost who think they have everything they need will recognize their spiritual poverty apart from Jesus and turn to Him in faith.

Come and see what God has done: he is awesome in his deeds toward the children of man.
readPsalm 66:5

Pray that many here will come and see what the Creator God has done on their behalf.

Have this mind among yourselves, which is yours in Christ Jesus, who, though he was in the form of God, did not count equality with God a thing to be grasped, but emptied himself, by taking the form of a servant, being born in the likeness of men.
readPhilippians 2:5-7

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ, they will imitate His humility in all they do.

Oh give thanks to the LORD; call upon his name; make known his deeds among the peoples!
readPsalm 105:1

Pray that many among them will call on the name of Jesus, develop a heart for the nations, and go to places where the gospel has not yet been received.

Maninka, Kita Across Countries (ROP3 - 114951) reported in the following countries:

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1 people group

PhotoPeople Group IDNameCountryPopulationStrategic Progress Index ▲LanguageReligion
Kita ManinkaPG048617Kita ManinkaMali778,000Engaged yet UnreachedKita ManinkakanSunni Islam

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