Alfa Yaya of Labé

Alfa Yaya of Labé Alfa Yaya Diallo or even (* 1830, † October 10, 1912 in Port- Étienne - today Nouadhibou, Mauritania ) is a national hero of Guinea, in the 19th century in the province of the Kingdom of Fouta Djallon Labé in present-day Guinea prevailed.

1867/68 he led the army of the Islamic Fulani jihad in the context of the Fulbe, the large parts of West Africa had recorded against the non-Islamic kingdom of Kaabu and defeated the forces of the Empire of Kaabu in the Battle of Kansala 1868 final. The former Kaabu was then divided into two provinces, Kaabu and Fulladu, both of Fouta Djallon but the Empire remained tribute. This empire extended over the same today Fouta Djallon region and beyond.

Alfa Yaya operation at the beginning of his reign, a pro-French policy with the goal of achieving the independence of Labé from Almamy (ruler ) of Fouta Djallon. He signed on February 10, 1897 a kind of standstill agreement with the French, in which they recognized him as a permanent ruler and " King of Labé, Kadé and N'Gabou " in return. Later he conquered more territories in the Fouta Djallon.

Alfa Yaya relations with France deteriorated in 1904, when France ceded part of its sphere of influence of the Portuguese. A planned revolt Alfa Yaya was betrayed and he in 1905 by Dahomey, now Benin, deported. After his release in 1910 he took up the fight again, was arrested in 1911 and this time deported to Port Etienne in Mauritania, where he died in 1912. Guinean President Sekou Touré founder stylized him in spite of his initial collaboration with the French after the independence of Guinea to the national resistance hero against the former colonial power.

In 1969 his remains were transferred at the same time with those of another Guinean national hero, Samory Touré, Guinea. After Alfa Yaya of Labé is with the Camp Alpha Yaya Diallo the largest barracks in the capital Conakry Guinea named, the inglorious gained fame as the starting point of a massacre in recent history Guinea. Also the national anthem of Guinea, Liberté, and the 2- Sylis coin from 1971 were dedicated to Alfa Yaha.

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