People group profile · PG013112
The Mona of Côte d’Ivoire
The Mona of Côte d’Ivoire, numbering about 27,000 people, are No Longer Unreached. They are a Mande people of west-central Cote d'Ivoire's Mankono area, living alongside the related Wan and Koyaka peoples and known for a secrecy tradition that preserved their distinct mask-making culture through centuries of outside conquest.
They are an indigenous people in the Mande people cluster of the Sub-Saharan African Peoples. Their primary religion is Animism, and they primarily speak Mwan.
Fast facts
- Country
- Cote d’Ivoire
- Population
- 27,000
- Affinity group
- Sub-Saharan African Peoples
- People cluster
- Mande
- Primary language
- Mwan (moa)
- Primary religion
- Animism
- Strategic Progress Index ?
- No Longer Unreached
- Evangelical
- 2% or Greater but Less than 5%
- GSEC ?
- 2% or Greater but Less than 5% Evangelical
- Lostness priority ?
- Marginally Reached People Group
- Region
- Western Africa, Africa
Where they live
Gospel status
The Mona are No Longer Unreached, which means 2% or more are evangelical Christians. In GSEC terms, this people group is greater than or equal to 2% evangelical.
- Congregations exist Yes
- Church planting in the last two years No Churches Planted
Next steps for the Mona
- Pray for the churches among this group to grow in faithfulness and maturity
- Equip believers to reach the unreached peoples around them
- Send out laborers from this people to the nations
Primary religion
Animism · Ethnoreligion
70% adherents
Primary language
Mwan · Mande family
100% speak Mwan
Gospel resources in Mwan
- Bible available, published 2016
- JESUS Film available
- Radio programs not available
- Gospel recordings available
- Audio resources available
- Bible stories not available
Films
- JESUS (Mwan)
Bibles
- 2006 Wycliffe Bible Translators, Inc. · video, audio, text
Find more at the JESUS Film Project, Bible.com and Faith Comes by Hearing.
Pray for the Mona
- Ephesians 5:8. Pray that those walking in darkness will turn to the light and live as children of light.
- Romans 10:14–15. Ask God to send messengers, so that people can hear, believe and call on the name of the Lord.
- Matthew 9:37–38. Ask the Lord of the harvest to send out laborers into his harvest field.
- 2 Timothy 2:2. Pray for faithful local leaders who will teach others, so that the church multiplies.
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