Léopold Senghor
At a glance:
- Series: Dictionary of World Biography: Twentieth Century
- Categories: Government and Politics, Literature, Publishing
- Subcategories: Politicians, Diplomats, Authors, Writers, Colonialism, Colonies, Settlements, African Americans, Blacks, Poetry, Poets, Presidents, Prime Ministers
- Curriculum: African History
Article abstract: Senghor, one of Africa’s leading poets and intellectuals, is best known for having helped create and having greatly contributed to the négritude movement begun in the 1930’s. A writer of rich, complex poems illuminating his love for his native Senegal as well as that for his beloved France, Senghor was also both a diplomat representing colonial Senegal in the French National Assembly and the President of Senegal after its independence in 1960. He has been a forceful, intelligent, influential pro-African leader respected throughout the world.
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