African Poetry as a Concept and an Introduction to Pan-Africanism: «Run Away, Samory!» By Alpha Blondy as an Example

Abstract:
 Poetry is a cultural act through which the poet is able to translate existence, events, experiences and feelings, in the past, present and future. Poetry and singing have formed an important part of the Pan-African Discourse, and today they have become among the basic introductions to the Pan-Africanism. Such as the poem “Run, Samory/ Bory Samory” (1984) by Alpha Blondy.
 The research has proven that it is permissible to apply the meaning of poetry idiomatically to some songs in various African dialects and languages, such as Reggae and Zikiri, and to include it in the concepts of free poetry, tambourine poetry, and lyric poetry in Arab and Western cultures, and the relationship between the Pan-African and the literary movement in Africa.
 It also revealed the reggae poetic skill of Alpha Blondy, through which he defended Samory, refuted the charges and the fabricated lies that the French occupiers imposed on him to distort his image, and recorded the injustice, persecution, murders, and coercive acts committed by the French against Africans defending their rights and their homelands. Pointing out that its results are debatable, and are not definitive issues, nor are they religious fatwas.