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FURTHER READING

CRITICISM

Grant, Stephen H. “Léopold Sédar Senghor, Former President of Senegal.” Africa Report 28, No. 6 （November-December 1983）: 61-4.

Senghor discusses his political career, world art and literature, and his advocacy of multicultural “crossbreeding.”

Pappageorge, Julia Di Stefano. “Senghor Re-evaluated.” In African Literature Today: A Review, No. 6, edited by Eldred Durosimi Jones, pp. 54-67. London: Heinemann, 1973.

Provides an overview of Senghor's poetry, discusses his impact on African thought and literature, and English translations of his work.

Peters, Jonathan. “Chants d'ombre: Negritude, the Ancestors, the Princes, and the Gods.” In A Dance of Masks: Senghor, Achebe, Soyinka, pp. 15-39. Washington, DC: Three Continents Press, 1978.

Provides analysis of Senghor's major themes, poetic style, and artistic development in Chants...

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1. Introduction
2. Principal Works
3. Criticism
   1. Newsweek （review date 27 July 1964）
   2. Gwendolyn Brooks （review date 13 September 1964）
   3. Robert W. July （review date 25 October 1964）
   4. O. R. Dathorne （essay date 1974）
   5. Lilyan Kesteloot （essay date 1974）
   6. Frederick Ivor Case （essay date 1975）
   7. Janis L. Pallister （essay date April 1980）
   8. Dorothy S. Blair （essay date 1984）
   9. Janet G. Vaillant （essay date 1990）
   10. Roger Shattuck and Samba Ka （review date 20 December 1990）
   11. K. Anthony Appiah （review date 5 July 1992）
   12. Isaac I. Elimimian （essay date 1994）
   13. Koffi Anyinefa （essay date Summer 1996）
4. Further Reading
5. Copyright

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