Kaabu

Kaabu (also Gabu, Ngabou or N'Gabu ) was an empire of the Mandinka from 1537 to 1867 in present-day Guinea- Bissau and Senegal.

By 1200, the Mandinka migrated into the area. Between 1230 and 1240 the area of Tirmakhan Traore, a general of the Mansa of Mali Sundiata Keita Empire was conquered. The area became a provincial Kaabu the Mali Empire under the Farim Kaabu. More and more Mandinke an immigrant, the previous population was assimilated or sold into slavery.

In 1500, the Mali Empire disintegrated. 1537 also declared Farim Kaabu Sami Koli his country for independent and put the title Kaabu Mansaba to. Capital was Gabú. The religion was the worship of ancestors. The currency functioned cowries. The culture of the Mali Empire was continued by the upper classes of Kaabu.

The ruling class of Nyancho consisted of elite warriors, who captured many slaves and lined up from them armies with which they warred against each other. They also sold many slaves to the Portuguese in Cacheu to America.

In the 19th century Islamist Fulani fought against the non - Islamic states in West Africa. 1866 besieged Alfa Yaya of Labé, ruler of Futa Djallon, along with troops of Haji Omar Gabú. 1867 ordered Mansa Dianke Walli blow up the gunpowder warehouse in the city. This most defenders and attackers died, and Kaabu went under.