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Léopold Sédar Senghor ( / sɒŋˈɡɔːr /; French: [sɑ̃ɡɔʁ]; 9 October 1906 – 20 December 2001) was a Senegalese poet, politician, and cultural theorist who was the first president of Senegal (1960–1980). Ideologically an African socialist, Senghor was one of the major theoreticians of Négritude.
Léopold Sédar Senghor ( Écouter ), né le 9 octobre 1906 à Joal ( Sénégal, AOF) et mort le 20 décembre 2001 à Verson ( France ), est un homme d'État français puis sénégalais, poète, écrivain et premier président de la république du Sénégal.
Léopold Senghor (born Oct. 9, 1906, Joal, Senegal, French West Africa [now in Senegal]—died Dec. 20, 2001, Verson, France) was a poet, teacher, and statesman, the first president of Senegal, and a major proponent of the concept of Negritude.
Senegalese poet, writer, and statesman Léopold Sédar Senghor was born near Dakar in the town of Joal to a Fulbe mother and a Serer trader father. He was educated at the École Nationale de la France d’Outre-Mer in Paris, where he became friends with Aimé Césaire and future French president George…
Aug 13, 2020 · Léopold Sédar Senghor est médaille d'or de la langue française ; grand prix international de poésie de la Société des poètes et artistes de France et de langue française (1963) ; médaille d'or du mérite poétique du prix international Dag Hammarskjoeld (1965) ; grand prix littéraire international Rouge et Vert (1966 ...
Apr 24, 2020 · Léopold Sédar Senghor is considered as one of Africa's greatest statesmen, poets and intellectuals. After a spell of imprisonment during the Second World War, he became the first president of ...
Dec 21, 2001 · Léopold Sédar Senghor, a poet, professor, philosopher and statesman who became the first president of Senegal when it gained independence from France, died yesterday at his home in Normandy. Mr....
Léopold Senghor, (born Oct. 9, 1906, Joal, Senegal, French West Africa—died Dec. 20, 2001, Verson, France), Poet, president of Senegal (1960–80), and cofounder of the Negritude movement in African art and literature. He completed his studies in Paris and became a teacher there.
Léopold Sédar Senghor was a prominent Senegalese poet, philosopher, and politician. He played a significant role in the Negritude literary and cultural movement, which celebrated African identity and heritage.
Senghor's philosophy from the simplistic ethno-philosophical box, Diagne, Jones, and Kebede invite us to read the philosophy of Negritude as a hermeneutics rather than an ethno-philosophical rendering of a mythical African culture.
