 Born in Farim on October 20, 1963, Domingos Simões Pereira is the son of a farmer, a small landowner forced to abandon the property due to the beginning of the war of independence.His father was even arrested by the International and State Defense Police (PIDE), accused of collaboration with nationalist groups.Still a child, he went, with the rest of his family, to Bissau and, soon after, in 1969, to Cacheu, where he attends primary school.