They settled initially in Bakonkokodo and Diankana (f. 1620), in which they received other people and gradually expanded to other areas until it was developed and became a state.
The Kaba clan was initially hosted by the Kakoro's in Diankana, founding their first village nearby named Kojan but abandoning it in 1660.
[citation needed] In the first half of the eighteenth century, Batè leaders aligned with their Fula coreligionists in the Imamate of Futa Jallon, a rising military power to their west.
[3] In 1763 the warlord Bourama Diakite from Wassoulou drove the inhabitants of the Bate region into Fouta Jalon, where they took refuge in Timbo and Fougoumba for seven years.
[2] Another later invasion from Wassoulou, led by the kings Diédi and Djiba (or DJI), attempted to conquer Kankan but it was defeated by Alpha-Mamoudou Kaba.