Alfaya (party)

The Alfaya was a political party in the Imamate of Futa Jallon in what is now Guinea. Active from the mid-18th century, it favored the clerical successors of the jihad leader Karamoko Alfa.

The party contended with a military group, the Soriya, which supported the successors of the war leader Ibrahim Sori. The rivalry between the two groups continued into the 20th century in Guinea.^[1]

See also

• Soriya, political opponents of the Alfaya
• Karamokho Alfa, Fula religious leader