One of Africa’s first celebrated writers and statesman. Known mainly for his poetry which celebrated the essence of being a “Black African”. The Negritude movement is synonymous with Senghor who wrote a string of brilliant creative poetry in the French language.
During his lifetime he was one of the most respected leaders in Africa (President of Senegal). He was also a mentor of arts and culture for many years hosting and encouraging the likes of Es’kia Mphahlele and Wole Soyinka. His books include Chants d’ombre, Hosties noires. Ethiopiques, Nocturnes, Poemes, Ce que je crois.
Studies:
Studies:
Black, French, and African : a life of Léopold Sédar
Senghor by Janet G Vaillant
The collected poetry
by Léopold Sédar Senghor
Léopold Sédar
Senghor and the politics of Negritude by Irving Leonard Markovitz
Léopold Sédar
Senghor by Janice S Spleth
The poetry of
Léopold Sédar Senghor by Sebastian Okechukwu Mezu
Léopold Sédar
Senghor: an intellectual biography by Jacques Louis Hymans
Léopold Sédar
Senghor by Armand Guibert
In Senghor's shadow :
art, politics, and the avant-garde in Senegal, 1960-1995 by Elizabeth Harney
Léopold Sédar
Senghor et la défense et illustration de la civilisation noire by Sebastian
Okechukwu Mezu
Léopold Sédar
Senghor et la naissance de l'Afrique moderne by Ernest Milcent
Léopold Sédar
Senghor, l'homme et l'œuvre by Armand Guibert
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