Boké

Boké stands on the Rio Nuñez, upstream from its broad estuary on the Guinea coast. The river connects the town with the Atlantic through a maze of tidal channels and mangroves. Boké was a principal centre of the Landouma people, whose rulers controlled access to the river and dealt with foreign traders. Its position brought together the commerce of the coastal waterways and the communities of the interior, while rice farming and fishing supported life in the surrounding country.