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The Chikunda of Zambia

The Chikunda of Zambia, numbering approximately 91,000 people, are No Longer Unreached. They are a warrior-and-trading people of the Zambezi valley spanning Zambia, Zimbabwe and Mozambique, forged from 18th-century enslaved captives of many origins who served Afro-Portuguese estate lords before forming their own independent states. They mostly adhere to Ethnoreligion and Kunda is their primary language.

Photo by Google. (2026). Image generated by Gemini 3.1 Flash-Lite: Chikunda

Fast Facts:

Affinity Group: Sub-Saharan African Peoples
Country: Zambia
People Cluster: Bantu, Chewa-Sena
Primary Language(s): Kunda (kdn)
Primary Religion(s): Ethnoreligion
Population: 91,000
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): No Longer Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): 2% or Greater but Less than 5% Evangelical
People Group ID: PG047054
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Pray for the Chikunda of Zambia

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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Ethnoreligion
Religious Affiliation: Ethnoreligion

95%
%
Ethnoreligion Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: Kunda
Language Family: Atlantic-Congo

80%
%
Kunda Speakers

Media Resources in Kunda:

Films:
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JESUSView Film

1 film

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Bible Resources in Kunda:

Bible Name (Translation)VideoAudioText
2007 Bible Society of Zimbabwe✓✓

1 entry

Provided by Faith Comes by Hearing

Or check out the Kunda bible at Bible.com

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SPI: No longer Unreached

The Chikunda 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 Chikunda:
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 Chikunda of Zambia

For the LORD knows the way of the righteous, but the way of the wicked will perish.
readPsalm 1:6

As many look for hope in worldly pleasures, pray they will hear and accept salvation through Christ, turn from destruction, and experience joy in the way of righteousness.

Sing praises to God, sing praises! Sing praises to our King, sing praises!
readPsalm 47:6

Pray that believers will have a heart to invite others to trust in Christ alone so that they might sing praises to His name.

And Jesus came and said to them, "All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you. And behold, I am with you always, to the end of the age."
readMatthew 28:18-20

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ, they will have confidence because Jesus has all authority and is with them as they make disciples and teach others about Him.

The true light, which gives light to everyone, was coming into the world. He was in the world, and the world was made through him, yet the world did not know him.
readJohn 1:9-10

Pray for those God might send to share the gospel here. Ask that they will grow closer to Jesus and be compelled to share His good news with people who don't know it.

Chikunda (Kunda) Across Countries (ROP3 - 105411) reported in the following countries:

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3 people groups

PhotoPeople Group IDNameCountryPopulation ▼Strategic Progress IndexLanguageReligion
ChikundaPG015660ChikundaZimbabwe192,000Unengaged and UnreachedKundaEthnoreligion
ChikundaPG047054ChikundaZambia91,000No Longer UnreachedKundaEthnoreligion
ChikundaPG047053ChikundaMozambique86,000Unengaged and UnreachedKundaEthnoreligion

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