Sosso Empire | |||||||||
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| c. 1200–c. 1235 | |||||||||
 Map of West Africa after the fall of Ghana to the Sosso | |||||||||
| Capital | Sosso | ||||||||
| Common languages | Soninke | ||||||||
| Religion | African traditional religion | ||||||||
| Government | Monarchy | ||||||||
• c. 1200-1235 | Soumaoro Kante | ||||||||
| History | |||||||||
• Capture of Wagadu | c. 1200 | ||||||||
| c. 1235 | |||||||||
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| Today part of | Mali | ||||||||
The Sosso Empire, also written as Soso or Susu, or alternatively Kaniaga, was kingdom of West Africa that originated as a vassal of the Ghana Empire before breaking away and conquering their former overlords. Inhabited by the Soninke ancestors of the modern-day Sosso people,[1] it was centered in the region south of Wagadou and north of Beledougou.[2] The empire peaked under the reign of Soumaoro Kante, who was defeated by the rising Mali Empire of Sundiata Keita.
- ^ Conrad, David C. (2005). "Mali Empire, Sundiata and Origins of". In Shillington, Kevin (ed.). Encyclopedia of African History. New York: Fitzroy Dearborn. pp. 918–919.
- ^ Levtzion, Nehemia (1976). "The early states of the Western Sudan to 1500". In Ajayi, A.J. (ed.). History of West Africa (2nd. ed.). New York: Columbia University Press. p. 124. Retrieved 20 September 2023.