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Léopold Sédar Senghor

Also known as Leopold Sedar Senghor, Léopold Senghor, Léopold

first president of Senegal, poet, and cultural theorist (1906–2001)

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Léopold Sédar Senghor was the first president of Senegal and also an accomplished poet and cultural theorist who lived from 1906 to 2001. He is historically important as a founding leader of an independent African nation and as an influential intellectual who shaped ideas about African culture and identity.

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Born: 1906
Died: 2001
Works: 131

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Léopold Sédar Senghor
Négritude et Germanisme
Atlas du continent africain
Nocturnes
Les textes spirituels de Léopold Sédar Senghor

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Léopold Sédar Senghor (9 October 1906 – 20 December 2001) was a Senegalese poet, politician and cultural theorist who was the first president of Senegal (1960–80). Ideologically an African socialist, he was the major theoretician of Négritude. Senghor was a proponent of African culture, black identity and African empowerment within the framework of French-African ties. He advocated for the…

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Papa Césaire — Self2009
Léon G. Damas1995
Aimé Césaire: The Mask of Words — Self1987
Iba N'Diaye — Himself1982
30 millions d'amis — Self1976
Apostrophes — Self

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Léopold Sédar Senghor (/sɒŋˈɡɔːr/ song-GOR, French: [leɔpɔl sedaʁ sɑ̃ɡɔʁ], Wolof: Léwopóol Sedaar Seŋoor; 9 October 1906 – 20 December 2001) was a Senegalese politician, cultural theorist and poet who served as the first president of Senegal from 1960 to 1980.

Ideologically an African socialist, Senghor was one of the major theoreticians of Négritude. He was a proponent of African culture, black identity, and African empowerment within the framework of French-African ties. He advocated for the extension of full civil and political rights for France's African territories while arguing that French Africans would be better off within a federal French structure than as independent nation-states.