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Léopold Sédar Senghor
Born October 9, 1906 Died December 20, 2001 (Age 95)Joal-la-Portugaise, Senegal14 Credits
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 extension of full civil an…
