Alfa Mahaman Diobbo | |
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Marabout of Say | |
Reign | 18th Century |
Successor | Alfaizé Boubacar |
Born | Bamba |
Died | Say, Niger |
Burial | |
Father | Alfa Boubacar Salihou |
Religion | Islam |
Alfa Mahaman Diobbo was an Islamic preacher, leader and the founder of the Emirate of Say in Say, Niger. In many books, Diobbo is generally presented as the son of a Fulani marabout from Macina (Present-day Mali). Born in Bamba, a town located in the Niger loop, between Gao and Timbuktu. Having become a marabout, he commenced the propagation of the Islam religion in that region.