• PEOPLE NAME: MONA OF COTE D’IVOIRE

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PEID: 13112

ROP: 106745

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Affinity Group: Sub-Saharan African Peoples

Affinity Bloc: Sub-Saharan African

People Cluster: Mande

Language: Mwan - (moa)

Alternate Name(s): Muan, Monna, Mwan

Primary Religion: Ethnoreligion - Animism

Country: Cote d’Ivoire

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Population: 25,500

Global Population: 25,500


PEID: 13112

ROP: 106745

Progress of the Gospel: No Longer Unreached

Global Status of Evangelical Christianity: 2% or Greater but Less than 5% Evangelical


Overview: The Mona of Cote d’Ivoire, numbering 25,500, 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 Cote d’Ivoire. Their primary language is Mwan. The primary religion practiced by the Mona is animism, a religious worldview that natural physical entities--including animals, plants, and even inanimate objects--possess a spiritual essence.


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