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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

Jesus said to her, "Everyone who drinks of this water will be thirsty again, but whoever drinks of the water that I will give him will never be thirsty again. The water that I will give him will become in him a spring of water welling up to eternal life"
readJohn 4:13-14

Pray that those who don't know Jesus will drink of the living water that only Christ can provide and never thirst again.

Oh how I love your law! It is my meditation all the day.
readPsalm 119:97

Pray that the lost will have access to God's Word in their language and treasure it deeply, meditating on God's promises and precepts.

And day by day, attending the temple together and breaking bread in their homes, they received their food with glad and generous hearts, praising God and having favor with all the people. And the Lord added to their number day by day those who were being saved.
readActs 2:46-47

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ, they will be devoted to the teaching of God's Word, to fellowship with one another, and to prayer.

Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life, and I shall dwell in the house of the LORD forever.
readPsalm 23:6

Ask God to raise up believers who will share the hope that, for those who trust in Christ, goodness and love will follow them all the days of their lives, and they will dwell in the house of the Lord forever.

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

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1 people group

PhotoPeople Group IDNameCountryPopulationStrategic Progress IndexLanguage ▲Religion
Kita ManinkaPG048617Kita ManinkaMali778,000Engaged yet UnreachedKita ManinkakanSunni Islam

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