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PEOPLE GROUP PROFILE

The Nigerian Mambila of Nigeria

The Nigerian Mambila of Nigeria, numbering approximately 225,000 people, are No Longer Unreached. They are an Indigenous people primarily on the Mambilla Plateau (Taraba State). They mostly adhere to Animism and Nigeria Mambila is their primary language.

Photo by Google. (2026). Image generated by Gemini 2.5 Flash: Nigerian Mambila

Fast Facts:

Affinity Group: Sub-Saharan African Peoples
Country: Nigeria
People Cluster: Benue
Primary Language(s): Nigeria Mambila (mzk)
Primary Religion(s): Animism
Population: 225,000
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): No Longer Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): 2% or Greater but Less than 5% Evangelical
People Group ID: PG014026
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Pray for the Nigerian Mambila of Nigeria

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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Animism
Religious Affiliation: Ethnoreligion

50%
%
Animism Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: Nigeria Mambila
Language Family: Atlantic-Congo

100%
%
Mambila, Nigeria Speakers

Media Resources in Nigeria Mambila:

Films:
TitleLink
JESUSView Film

1 film

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Bible Resources in Nigeria Mambila:

Bible Name (Translation)VideoAudioText
1977 Bible League Intl.✓✓✓

1 entry

Provided by Faith Comes by Hearing

Or check out the Nigeria Mambila bible at Bible.com

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SPI: No longer Unreached

The Nigerian Mambila are No Longer Unreached, which means there are more than 2% evangelical Christian populations and there are churches consistent with evangelical faith and practice. There is still more to be done among them.

Next steps for the Nigerian Mambila:
Empower local believers to begin praying for their own people
Continue gospel seed sowing and church planting
Encourage local leaders to being leading church planting strategy and looking for Unreached and Unengaged groups nearby

Pray specifically for the Nigerian Mambila of Nigeria

O Lord, you hear the desire of the afflicted; you will strengthen their heart; you will incline your ear to do justice to the fatherless and the oppressed, so that man who is of the earth may strike terror no more.
readPsalm 10:17-18

Pray that God, in accordance with His good character, will give justice to those who are oppressed by sin and that they will know that His offer of salvation is for everyone.

For the word of God is living and active, sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing to the division of soul and of spirit, of joints and of marrow, and discerning the thoughts and intentions of the heart.
readHebrews 4:12

Pray for God's Word to be accessible to everyone in this people group in a way they will resonate with so that many will engage with it, receive it, and share it with others.

But my righteous one shall live by faith, and if he shrinks back, my soul has no pleasure in him.
readHebrews 10:38

Pray that as people trust in Christ, they will live by faith and not shrink back from their hope in Christ.

To the Jews I became as a Jew, in order to win Jews. To those under the law I became as one under the law (though not being myself under the law) that I might win those under the law.
read1 Corinthians 9:20

Pray that believers from similar cultures will be compelled by Christ's love to reach people who don't know the gospel, and that those people will receive the good news with joy.

Mambila, Nigeria Across Countries (ROP3 - 106197) reported in the following countries:

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1 people group

PhotoPeople Group IDNameCountryPopulation ▼Strategic Progress IndexLanguageReligion
Nigerian MambilaPG014026Nigerian MambilaNigeria225,000No Longer UnreachedNigeria MambilaAnimism

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