• PEOPLE NAME: KONO OF NIGERIA

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PEID: 13929

ROP: 105195

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Affinity Group: Sub-Saharan African Peoples

Affinity Bloc: Sub-Saharan African

People Cluster: Mande

Language: Kono (Nigeria) - (klk)

Alternate Name(s): Kwono

Primary Religion: Christianity - Neo-Pentecostalism

Country: Nigeria

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Population: 10,500

Global Population: 10,500


PEID: 13929

ROP: 105195

Progress of the Gospel: No Longer Unreached

Global Status of Evangelical Christianity: 10% or Greater Evangelical


Overview: The Kono of Nigeria, numbering 10,500, are No Longer Unreached. They are part of the Mande people cluster within the Sub-Saharan African affinity bloc. This people group is only found in Nigeria. Their primary language is Kono (Nigeria). The primary religion practiced by the Kono is Neo-Pentecostalism, a movement characterized by manifestations in non-Pentecostal churches of what have been traditionally categorized as Pentecostal experiences, frequently combined with prosperity gospel theology.


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