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Mali, officially the Republic of Mali, is a landlocked nation in Western Africa. It is the seventh largest country of Africa. It borders Algeria on the north, Niger on the east, Burkina Faso and Côte d'Ivoire on the south, Guinea on the southwest, and Senegal and Mauritania on the west. Its straight borders on the north stretch into the centre of the Sahara desert, while the country's south, where the majority of inhabitants live, features the Niger and Senegal rivers. Formerly French Sudan, the country is named after the Empire of Mali. The name of the country comes from the Bambara word for hippopotamus (with the animal appearing on the 5 franc coin), and the name of its capital city, Bamako, comes from the Bambara word meaning "place of crocodiles" (This portion of our site is licensed under the GNU Free Documentation License. It uses material from the Wikipedia article "Mali").
87% of the residents of Mali are Muslim, and evangelical believers represent only 0.8% of the population (Patrick Johnstone and Jason Mandryk, Operation World. Milton Keynes, United Kingdom, 2005, pg. 429).
If you have a story or prayer request related to Mali, please feel free to share it with us. You must be a registered member of our site to submit a news story or prayer request, but don't worry — registration is free! Our hope is that this section of our site will become a venue where long-term missionaries, short-term missions teams, missions agencies, and believers with a heart for Mali can gather and discuss God's plan and desires for the people of Mali, encourage one another, share stories and prayer requests, etc.
Converted From Islam
- Posted by David Arzouni on Jul 05, 2006 at 11:27 AM
Let me tell you about Ali Ouattara, whom we affectionately call Silas.
We were together on the roof of our first Bible School building, nailing tin sheets whose reflective surface made the normal 110 degrees heat harder to cope with. As we worked and talked, our conversation led me to remember the first time we met. That was nearly 6 years ago.
Even though Silas’ people are part of the Mandingo clan of Mali, he was born and raised in a Muslim home in the northern part of Ivory Coast, just across the Malian border. He is 29 years old. He grew up in extreme poverty, never studied beyond 5th grade, and went to work as a teenager to help his barber father feed the family. His adolescent life was sunless and grey. His failed attempts to become a mechanic fostered the feeling that he had no future, and this became a terrifying burden. His allegiance to family, tradition, and the Islamic faith proved to be insufficient to overcome his hopelessness and the guilt of secret sins.
About the Author:David Arzouni, also known as Faouzi, is a Lebanese American, born and raised as a Shi'ite Muslim in Dakar, Senegal, West Africa. David converted to Christ nearly 40 years ago. David and his wife Linda are Assemblies of God missionaries in West Africa, based in Mali and working in church planting and pastoral training among Muslims. Visit their website at http://www.arzouni.com.
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