People group profile · PG015334
The Manganja Nyanja of Malawi
The Manganja Nyanja of Malawi, numbering about 2,700,000 people, are No Longer Unreached. They are the southern branch of the Maravi peoples who migrated from central Africa into the Shire River valley by the fifteenth century, whose dialect absorbed vocabulary from the Kololo, Lomwe, and Yao neighbors they welcomed among them.
They are an indigenous people in the Bantu, Chewa-Sena people cluster of the Sub-Saharan African Peoples. Their primary religion is Ethnoreligion, and they primarily speak Chichewa.
Fast facts
- Country
- Malawi
- Population
- 2,700,000
- Affinity group
- Sub-Saharan African Peoples
- People cluster
- Bantu, Chewa-Sena
- Primary language
- Chichewa (nya)
- Primary religion
- Ethnoreligion
- Strategic Progress Index
- No Longer Unreached
- Evangelical
- 5% or Greater but Less than 10%
- GSEC
- 5% or Greater but Less than 10% Evangelical
- Lostness priority
- Moderately Reached People Group
- Region
- Eastern Africa, Africa
- Location
- West central and southwest
Where they live
Gospel status
The Manganja Nyanja are No Longer Unreached, which means 2% or more are evangelical Christians. In GSEC terms, this people group is greater than or equal to 5% evangelical.
- Congregations exist Yes
- Church planting in the last two years No Churches Planted
Next steps for the Manganja Nyanja
- 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
93% adherents
Primary language
Chichewa · Atlantic-Congo family
100% speak Chichewa
Gospel resources in Chichewa
- Bible available, published 2023
- JESUS Film available
- Radio programs available
- Gospel recordings available
- Audio resources available
- Bible stories not available
Films
Bibles
- 1997 Buku Loyera Version · audio
- Mawu a Mulungu mu Chichewa Chalero (The Word of God in Contemporary Chichewa) · video
Find more at the JESUS Film Project, Bible.com and Faith Comes by Hearing.
Pray for the Manganja Nyanja
- 2 Timothy 2:2. Pray for faithful local leaders who will teach others, so that the church multiplies.
- 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.
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