Emmanuel Gomez was a
Luso-African from
Bissau
Bissau () is the capital, and largest city of Guinea-Bissau. Bissau had a population of 492,004. Bissau is located on the Geba River estuary, off the Atlantic Ocean, and is Guinea-Bissau's largest city, major port, and its administrative and m ...
who founded a Luso-African dynasty in
Bakia, Guinea in the eighteenth century.
He was the father of
Emmanuel Gomez, junior and
Niara Bely Niara Bely (c. 1790 – 1879), also known as Elizabeth Bailey Gomez, was a Luso-African queen who became a prominent businesswoman in nineteenth century Guinea. She was active in the slave trade in Farenya, Guinea.
Biography
Niara Bely was the da ...
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References
People from Bissau
Guinean people
African slave traders
18th-century African businesspeople
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