• PEOPLE NAME: MARENJE OF MOZAMBIQUE

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PEID: 15398

ROP: 106322

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Affinity Group: Sub-Saharan African Peoples

Affinity Bloc: Sub-Saharan African

People Cluster: Bantu, Makua-Yao

Language: Marenje - (vmr)

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Primary Religion: Ethnoreligion - Animism

Country: Mozambique

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Population: 205,000

Global Population: 205,000


PEID: 15398

ROP: 106322

Progress of the Gospel: No Longer Unreached

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


Overview: The Marenje of Mozambique, numbering 205,000, are No Longer Unreached. They are part of the Bantu, Makua-Yao people cluster within the Sub-Saharan African affinity bloc. This people group is only found in Mozambique. Their primary language is Marenje. The primary religion practiced by the Marenje is animism, a religious worldview that natural physical entities--including animals, plants, and even inanimate objects--possess a spiritual essence.


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