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Léopold Sédar Senghor (/ s ɒ ŋ ˈ ɡ ɔːr /; 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).
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.
Catholicisme. Présidents de la république du Sénégal. modifier. 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.
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…
Jun 25, 2024 · June 25, 2024. More than 20 years after the death of Léopold Sédar Senghor — the writer, poet and first president of Senegal after the country’s independence from France — his name is ...
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.
May 14, 2018 · Born on October 9, 1906, in Joal-la-Portugaise to a Serer father (Basile Diogoye Senghor) and a Fulani/Peul mother (Gnilane Bakhoum), Léopold Sédar Senghor was arguably Africa's best-known poet-statesman of the twentieth century.
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.
Jun 21, 2024 · President of the Republic of Senegal (1960–80). An outstanding personality in French-speaking black Africa, Senghor established himself as a world political figure and a poet of great power.
Léopold Sédar Senghor was a Senegalese poet, politician, and cultural theorist who was the first president of Senegal (1960–1980).
