It is in the Jarra East area of the Lower River Division.
The founder was Kering Fenye Darboe who initially settled with his elder brother Abdou Kareem Darboe (commonly referred to as Kareem Jabati) at Bureng.
He was a hunter who used to travel towards the Sofainyama stream with his hunting dogs.
The village is composed of four main clans called kabilo in Mandinka.
Pakali Ba is the last village of the Lower River Region along the Sofainyama Bolong.