The Nyancho (also spelled Nyantio, Ñaanco, Nyanthio or Nyanco) were a royal maternal dynasty that ruled the West African empire of Kaabu.
She gave birth to three daughters who were then married to the three sons of Tiramakhan Traore, who had led a powerful force to incorporate the area into the Mali Empire.
They could therefore claim legitimacy through conquest, the Mandinka patrilineal inheritance system, and local Bainuk matrilineal traditions.
[1]: 278 Traore's three sons and their descendants ruled Kaabu's royal provinces (or constituent kingdoms) of Jimara, Pacana, and Sama, alternating the mansaya (overall kingship) between them.
[1]: 277 The Nyancho ruling class, warrior-elites made rich war and slave raiding, were part of either the Manneh and Sanneh paternal lineages.