Sohance

The Sohance (also known as the Sohankye or Si Hamey) are a social caste among the Songhai nobility. They are believed to be the direct descendants of the Sonni Dynasty and its last ruler, Sonni Ali Ber, the founder of the Songhai Empire, who reigned from 1464 to 1492.^[1]^[2]

^ Shoup, John A. (2011), Ethnic Groups of Africa and the Middle East: An Encyclopedia, Santa Barbara, California, p. 266, ISBN 9781598843620, retrieved 2023-03-05{{citation}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
^ Hunwick, John (2003), Timbuktu and the Songhay Empire: Al-Sa'dī's Ta'rīkh Al-sūdān down to 1613, Leiden, p. 103, ISBN 9789004491137, retrieved 2023-03-05{{citation}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)

[1] Shoup, John A. (2011), Ethnic Groups of Africa and the Middle East: An Encyclopedia, Santa Barbara, California, p. 266, ISBN 9781598843620, retrieved 2023-03-05{{citation}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)

[2] Hunwick, John (2003), Timbuktu and the Songhay Empire: Al-Sa'dī's Ta'rīkh Al-sūdān down to 1613, Leiden, p. 103, ISBN 9789004491137, retrieved 2023-03-05{{citation}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)

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