Some of the earliest written poetry in Africa occurs among the Pyramid Texts written during the 25th century BCE. It dates back at least to prehistoric times with hunting poetry in Africa and to panegyric and elegiac court poetry of the empires of the Nile, Niger, and Volta River valleys. Poetry has a long and varied history, evolving differentially across the globe. A poem is a literary composition, written by a poet, using this principle.
Poetry (a term derived from the Greek word poiesis, 'making'), also called verse, is a form of literature that uses aesthetic and often rhythmic qualities of language − such as phonaesthetics, sound symbolism, and metre − to evoke meanings in addition to, or in place of, a prosaic ostensible meaning.
