▁Bol amba ' s ▁" only ▁intr insic ▁contribution ▁to ▁the ▁early ▁growth ▁of ▁Cong ol ese ▁literature ▁in ▁French " ▁was ▁Es an zo , ▁pra ising ▁it ▁as ▁" a ▁highly ▁original ▁achiev ement ". ▁According ▁to ▁V . ▁K lim a , ▁K . ▁F . ▁R uz ick a , ▁and ▁P . ▁Z ima , ▁" H is ▁range ▁of ▁ideas ▁is ▁rather ▁limited . ▁He ▁repeatedly ▁pra ises ▁his ▁native ▁country ' s ▁march ▁towards ▁freedom , ▁but ▁presents ▁his ▁ideas ▁in ▁var ieg ated , ▁fant astic ▁images ." ▁S eng hor ▁wrote ▁that ▁Bol amba ' s ▁poetry ▁was ▁more ▁focused ▁on ▁art icul ating ▁imag ery ▁than ▁esp ous ing ▁ideas . ▁He ▁considered ▁Bol amba ▁to ▁be ▁a ▁N égr itude ▁poet . ▁K lim a , ▁R uz ick a , ▁and ▁Z ima ▁disag re ed , ▁writing ▁" the ▁philosophy ▁and ▁path os ▁of ▁the ▁Dak ar ▁intellect uals ▁are ▁rather ▁remote ▁from ▁Bol amba ' s ▁way ▁of ▁thinking . ▁He ▁has ▁chosen ▁his ▁own , ▁independent ▁path ▁and ▁only ▁the ▁ide ology ▁of ▁post - World ▁War ▁II ▁African ▁national ism ▁can ▁be ▁said ▁to ▁link ▁him ▁to ▁the ▁N égr itude ▁writers ." ▁Franco - S en eg al ese ▁poet ▁David ▁Di op ▁believed ▁Es an zo ▁contained ▁non polit ical ▁poetry ▁and ▁suggested ▁that ▁Bol amba , ▁though ▁aware ▁of ▁the ▁N égr itude ▁movement , ▁avoided ▁eng aging ▁the ▁highly ▁polit ic ised ▁style