Léopold Senghor (Cyclopedia of World Authors)
Even though the three strands are intimately intertwined, it is appropriate to focus separately on the personal, artistic, and political lives of Léopold Sédar Senghor (SAYN-gor). He was born the son of a prosperous cattle breeder and peanut grower in Senegal. Senghor belonged to a Christian minority in a predominantly Muslim country. His early childhood exposed him to traditional customs and beliefs, indigenous poetry, and Senegal’s natural setting. He was to return to these nostalgic, idyllic themes in his poetry.
Senghor went to a Catholic elementary school in a country...
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