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Bambara of Mali
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Bambara of Mali: Some 4 million Bambara live in Mali, West Africa; more than 85 percent follow Islam. Missionaries Steve and Susan Roach believe discipleship training is key to reaching all Bambara with the Gospel. (IMB photo)



Bambara of Mali: Armed with markers and coloring paper, IMB missionaries Steve and Susan Roach spend some time with their two children at the family’s home in Bamako, Mali. (IMB photo)

Bambara of Mali: Missionary Susan Roach meets with a fellow believer outside a village in Mali before they go into the village to lead a chronological Bible storying group. (IMB photo)

Bambara of Mali: Steve Roach offers a warm handshake to a Bambara man (center) and the village imam outside Mali’s capital city of Bamako. (IMB photo)

Bambara of Mali: Susan Roach and her ministry partner dote over a Bambara baby born early that morning. Susan and her husband, Steve, are Southern Baptist missionaries to Mali’s Bambara people. (IMB photo)

Bambara of Mali: A Bambara mother beams with pride as she lifts her child into her arms. (IMB photo)

Bambara of Mali: At a neighborhood park near the Roaches’ home, Susan spins her daughter on a make-shift merry-go-round. She hopes both her children will learn the Bambara language by playing with local kids. (IMB photo)