Editing History of Guinea-Bissau (section)

==== Origins ====
Kaabu, established in the 13th century, was a province of [[Mali]] through the conquest of [[Senegambia]] by [[Tiramakhan Traore]] (a general of Mali Empire founder [[Sundiata Keita]].<ref name="Global Security">{{cite web |title=Kaabu Empire (aka N'Gabu/Gabu) |url=https://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/africa/kaabu.htm |website=GlobalSecurity.org|access-date=3 November 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221124062349/https://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/africa/kaabu.htm|archive-date=24 November 2022|url-status=live}}</ref> According to oral tradition, Tiramakhan Traore invaded the region to punish the [[Wolof people|Wolof]] king for insulting Sundiata and went south of the [[Gambia River]] into the [[Casamance]].{{sfn|Niane|1989|pp=19}} This began a migration of [[Mandinka people|Mandinka]] into the region. By the 14th century, much of Guinea-Bissau was administered by Mali and ruled by a ''farim kaabu'' (commander of Kaabu).<ref>{{Cite book |last=Shoup |first=John A. |title=Ethnic groups of Africa and the Middle East: an encyclopedia |date=2011 |publisher=ABC-CLIO |isbn=978-1-59884-362-0 |series=Ethnic groups of the world |location=Santa Barbara, Calif}}</ref>

The Empire of Mali began to decline during the 14th century. Formerly-secure possessions in present-day [[Senegal]], [[the Gambia]], and Guinea-Bissau were cut off by the expanding power of [[Koli Tenguella]] in the early 16th century.{{sfn|Barry|1998|pp=21}} Kaabu became an independent federation of kingdoms, the era's most powerful western Mandinka state.<ref name="Wright-1987" />{{rp|13}}<ref name=EAHC3>{{cite book |last1=Page |first1=Willie F. |editor1-last=Davis |editor1-first=R. Hunt |title=Encyclopedia of African History and Culture |date=2005 |volume=III|publisher=Facts On File |page=92 |edition=Illustrated, revised}}</ref>