What are the main poems written in French that express African national flavor?

During World War II, African poems written in French began to appear. Among them, The Hammer Collection (1956) by the Senegalese poet Zavi Diop is a famous work against colonialism on the eve of Africa's independence, while The Bait and the Flash (1960) by Bilago Diop is full of the life of African blacks. Bernard dadie (19 16-), a writer in C? te d 'Ivoire, is the author of poetry anthology "Africa Upright" (1950), "The Alternation of Time" (1956) and "People from Five Continents" (1956). The Song of Departure (1955), a collection of poems by Zairian poet Martyar Sinda (1930-), expressed the angry voice of African youth. The Song of Hoe was written in the form of folk songs, so the hoe in Africa became a symbol of suffering farmers.

Mamadou Gologo (1924-), a Mali writer, wrote My Heart is a Volcano and The Storm in Africa, both of which are highly combative poems. Cameroon poet Ebnia Yongdo (1930-) wrote the poem Cameroon! Cameroon! "(1960) is full of patriotic passion and national pride. The singer in Guinea is Keita Fodeba (192 1-), who wrote African poems (1950), and the narrative poem "Late Night and Dawn in Africa" has the rhythm of African dance.

1948, the famous Malagasy poet Jacques Rabe Manara (19 13-) published a long poem "Motherland", which was an ode to his island country. He also wrote the long poem Lamba (1956) and Antidote (196 1). His works reflect the epic struggle of the Malagasy people for freedom. Mauritian poet Edward monique (193 1-) wrote lyric poems such as These Blood Birds (1954) and The Turbulent Tide (1966). Congo poet Chekaya U. Tamsi (193 1-) won the Grand Prize for Poetry of the World Black Art Festival in Dakar (1962). His poems are basically written by surrealism.