# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/francisco-felix-de-sousa
# Generated: 2026-08-15T20:51:26.295Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/francisco-felix-de-sousa"
name: "Francisco Félix de Sousa"
slug: "francisco-felix-de-sousa"
description: "Francisco Félix de Souza was a Brazilian slave trader who was deeply influential in the regional politics of pre-colonial West Africa. He founded Afro-Brazilian communities in areas that are now part of those countries and went on to become the \"chachá\" of Ouidah, a title that conferred no official powers but commanded local respect in the Kingdom of Dahomey, where, after being jailed by King Adandozan of Dahomey, he helped Ghezo ascend the throne in a coup d'état. He became chacha to the new king, a curious phrase that has been explained as originating from his saying \"(...) já, já.\", a Portuguese phrase meaning something will be done right away."
tagline: "Brazilian slave trader"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Francisco_F%C3%A9lix_de_Souza.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Brazil"
  isoCode: "BR"
category:
  name: "Business Professionals"
  slug: "business-professionals"
profileType:
  name: "Business Professional"
  slug: "business-professional"
birthDate: "1754-10-04"
deathDate: "1849-05-08"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           51.13
  momentum:             15.5918486724539
  historical:           9.522616000000001
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  225
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://vi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francisco_F%C3%A9lix_de_Sousa"
    title: "Francisco Félix de Sousa"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%81%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%B3%D9%8A%D8%B3%D9%83%D9%88_%D9%81%D9%8A%D9%84%D9%8A%D9%83%D8%B3_%D8%AF%D9%8A_%D8%B3%D9%88%D8%B2%D8%A7"
    title: "فرانسيسكو فيليكس دي سوزا"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francisco_F%C3%A9lix_de_Sousa"
    title: "Francisco Félix de Sousa"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francisco_F%C3%A9lix_de_Souza"
    title: "Francisco Félix de Souza"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francisco_F%C3%A9lix_de_Souza"
    title: "Francisco Félix de Souza"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fon.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francisco_F%C3%A9lix_de_Souza"
    title: "Francisco Félix de Souza"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francisco_F%C3%A9lix_de_Souza"
    title: "Francisco Félix de Souza"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ha.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francisco_F%C3%A9lix_de_Souza"
    title: "Francisco Félix de Souza"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D5%96%D6%80%D5%A1%D5%B6%D6%81%D5%AB%D5%BD%D5%AF%D5%B8%D6%82_%D5%96%D5%A5%D5%AC%D5%AB%D6%84%D5%BD_%D5%A4%D5%A5_%D5%8D%D5%B8%D5%B8%D6%82%D5%A6%D5%A1"
    title: "Ֆրանցիսկու Ֆելիքս դե Սոուզա"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francisco_F%C3%A9lix_de_Sousa"
    title: "Francisco Félix de Sousa"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A4%D0%B5%D0%BB%D0%B8%D1%81_%D0%B4%D0%B8_%D0%A1%D0%BE%D0%B7%D0%B0%2C_%D0%A4%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%BD%D1%81%D0%B8%D1%81%D0%BA%D1%83"
    title: "Фелис ди Соза, Франсиску"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2740517"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump