Nordeste flagelado pelos nazistas

Abstract This article presents bijaa (balanta mané) narratives on settlement, identities and territorial divisions of the ajaa country on the southern shore of the Cacheu river (Guinea-Bissau) and in Balantakunda (Senegal). Both oral sources and primary written documents can be integrated to show continuity in traditions since the 17th century, beginning with Lemos Coelho (1669), a merchant and direct observer, as was Bertrand-Bocandé who travelled and studied the area 200 years later (1837-1848), the data collected by the military commander of Farim and cartographer Graça-Falcão (1894-189...