A farming and trading people of the estuaries south of the Geba, the Rio Grande de Buba and the lower Corubal, whose later chiefdoms were busy ports of the kola, salt and cloth trade.
Placed by back-projection; nothing is known of them in 1200.
Who holds it
- Title
- Beafada chiefs (later small kingdoms such as Guinala and Biguba)
- Since
- Not known
- Confidence
- low
The Portuguese of the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries found Beafada kingdoms under Kaabu's overlordship; nothing is recorded for 1200.
Overlord
None known (Kaabu, the later overlord, does not exist).
How things stand that morning
Not known; presumably self-governing.
Customs
Chiefdoms (later evidence).
Assemblies
Not recorded.
Where the sources disagree
Evidence: Later evidence only.
On the map: Back-projected.
Sources and studies
- Researcher's knowledge of the Portuguese sources and Guinea-Bissau history; no web source read for this record
Last revised 4 November 2026. Published 4 November 2026. Suggest a correction on the OMNIA Discord.