Canquelifá Explained

Canquelifá
Native Name:Kankelefa
Settlement Type:Village
Pushpin Map:Guinea-Bissau
Pushpin Label Position:right
Pushpin Map Caption:Location in Guinea-Bissau
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name: Guinea-Bissau
Subdivision Type1:Region
Subdivision Name1:Gabú Region
Subdivision Type2:Sector
Subdivision Name2:Piche
Timezone:GMT
Utc Offset:+0
Coordinates:12.5833°N -64°W

Canquelifá, sometimes spelled Kankelefa, is a village in the Gabú Region of north-eastern Guinea-Bissau. It lies to the northwest of Buruntuma.Kankelefa was the site of a large tata, the home and power center of the ruler of Paquesi, one of the constituent kingdoms of the Kaabu Empire. It consisted of a series of concentric 12m tall zig-zag walls built of rammed earth, complete with towers.[1]

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Notes and References

  1. Book: Canós-Donnay . Sirio . Ibsen . Timo . Ilves . Kristin . Maixner . Birgit . Messal . Sebastian . Schneeweiß . Jens . Fortifications in their Natural and Cultural Landscape: From Organising Space to the Creation of Power . 2022 . Habelt-Verlag . Bonn . 72-3 . Fluid fortresses in changing states: Tàta in southern Senegal (13th–19th centuries AD).