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.
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