Alfa Yaya of Labé — English Wikipedia

English Wikipedia article on Alfa Yaya Diallo Maudo, the 19th-century ruler of Labé, one of the nine provinces of the Imamate of Futa Jallon in present-day Guinea; it recounts his rise as son of Alfa Ibrahima Diallo, ruler of Labé, his rapprochement with the French, the accord of 10 February 1897 that made his domains effectively independent of the imamate, his deportation to Dahomey in 1905, release in 1910, second arrest in 1911 and death at Port Etienne in 1912, and the return of his remains to Guinea in 1968.