Kambou

Kambou was a major houragic state of the Djaladjie, centred on the central Boual ka Bifie in northern Dewral. It was founded in 1141 as a successor to the earlier Ndjarendie states of Founagé and Kangesare, and as with the more stable states produced by the Bahian Consolidation, saw several dynasties profess the same culture and a sense of political continuity until its conquest by Gaullica in the Kambou Expedition in 1813.

The Kambou state and its elite practiced Irfan, and were predominantly Ndjarendie in culture, though they ruled over a great number of Ouloume subjects practicing fetishism, and by the 15th century many Kambou Ndjarendie probably came from acculturation of more numerous or recently-arrived groups. There were notable populations of Mirites, Mourâhilines, and Dezevauni who all played important roles in Kambou society at various points in time.

Kambou was an 'axial houregery' and consistently remained one of the most powerful and prominent states in Bahia. Gold mining in the Kambou valley and trade across the Boual and the Fersi desert underlaid its strength. During the Bahian Golden Age it hosted the University of Kambou, a center of the Lourale ka Maoube. Kambou partook in a rivalry with the Rwizi Empire, which would eventually be conquered under the Gaawal dynasty in the 17th century; the Gaawals were also a powerful opponent of the Aguda Empire, though in 1691 they were conquered by Agudan Dovoba. After the restoration of the Kambou state under the Tuldeyuri dynasty and the conquest of the southern Ouloume coast in the 18th century, they remained a noteworthy Bahian power and a symbol of native riches until Gaullican conquest.