commemorated Ture in their 1969 release Regard sur le passé. The album draws upon Manding Djeli traditions and consists of two recordings that recount Ture's anti-colonial resistance and nation-building. Author Ta-Nehisi Coates references Ture in his book Between the World and Me when explaining to his son where his name Samori came from. Ivorien reggae superstar Alpha Blondy eulogises Ture in his hit song "Bory Samory" from the Album Cocody Rock. Footnotes References Asante, Molefi Kete, The History of Africa: The Quest for Eternal Harmony (New York: Routledge, 2007). Boahen, A. Adu, ed. UNESCO General History of Africa, Vol. VII: Africa Under Colonial Domination, 1880–1935 (Berkeley: University of California Press, 1985). Gann, L. H., and Peter Duigan, eds. Colonialism in Africa, 1870–1960, Vol. 1: The History and Politics of Colonialism 1870–1914 (Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, 1969). Oliver, Roland, and G. N. Sanderson, eds. The Cambridge History of Africa, Vol. 6: from 1870–1905 (Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, 1985). Sources A fourth volume of maps published in Paris in 1990. Monumental work of history perhaps unique in African literature. Piłaszewicz, Stanisław. 1991. On the Veracity of Oral Tradition as a Historical Source: – the Case of Samori Ture. In Unwritten Testimonies of the African Past. Proceedings of the International Symposium held in Ojrzanów n. Warsaw on 07-08 November 1989 ed. by S. Piłaszewicz and E. Rzewuski, (Orientalia Varsoviensia 2). Warsaw: Wydawnictwa Uniwersytetu Warszawskiego. External links Samori biography West Africa; the fight for survival New York Times article about his capture 1830s births 1900 deaths History of Mali History of Guinea History of Ivory Coast People of French West Africa Military history of Africa Converts to Islam 19th-century monarchs in Africa Prisoners who died in French detention Guinean Muslims Guinean prisoners and detainees Guinean religious leaders Deaths from pneumonia in Gabon