• PEOPLE NAME: CHOPI OF MOZAMBIQUE

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PEID: 15375

ROP: 102188

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Affinity Group: Sub-Saharan African Peoples

Affinity Bloc: Sub-Saharan African

People Cluster: Bantu, Central-Southeast

Language: Chopi - (cce)

Alternate Name(s): Shope

Primary Religion: Ethnoreligion - Animism

Country: Mozambique

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Population: 711,000

Global Population: 711,000


PEID: 15375

ROP: 102188

Progress of the Gospel: Engaged yet Unreached

Global Status of Evangelical Christianity: Less than 2% Evangelical, No Active CP Activity


Overview: The Chopi of Mozambique, numbering 711,000, are Engaged yet Unreached. They are part of the Bantu, Central-Southeast people cluster within the Sub-Saharan African affinity bloc. This people group is only found in Mozambique. Their primary language is Chopi. The primary religion practiced by the Chopi is animism, a religious worldview that natural physical entities--including animals, plants, and even inanimate objects--possess a spiritual essence.


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