 Leopold Sédar Senghor (Senegalese Poet)
Syllabus of the Subject: Leopold Sédar Senghor (Poet, Senegal).
- The Senegalese Politician, Intellectual, and Poet and Leopold Sedar Senghor (Catholic)
- Concept of Negritude developed by Leopold Sedar Senghor
“In Africa, there are no borders, not even between life and death” Leopold Sédar Senghor
Sample of the Subject: Leopold Sédar Senghor

Description of the Subject: Leopold Sédar Senghor
The Senegalese Africanist, Poet, and Politician Leopold Sédar Senghor (1906 -2001) is one the most influential intellectual of the African Civilisation. He was the President of the Republic of Senegal for twenty years (1960 - 1980). He conceived the term “négritude” with Léon Damas and Aimé Césaire.
- Place of birth of Leopold Sédar Senghor: Joal - Dakar- (Senegal)
- Religion: Roman Catholicism (Christianity)
- Ethnic group: Serer. His mother was Muslim (Fula)
- Languages: French, Latin, Greek
- Founder of the Senegalese Democratic Bloc
- Member of the French Academy
- Bachelor in French Grammar at the University of Paris
- Professor at the University of Tours and Paris
- For Leopold Sédar Senghor: ancient Egypt has close relations with black Africa (Sheikh Anta Diop)
- Prisoner by the Germans (2 years)
- Member of the French National Assembly
- Leopold Sédar Senghor is the author of the Senegalese national anthem
- Vice-President of the High Council of the Francophonie
Leopold Sédar Senghor was an African poet and politician of the West African Economic Area (African Civilisation).
More information about Senegal (African Portal - EENI Global Business School).
- Dakar, Guédiawaye,
Kaolak,
Saint-Louis
- Thiès,
Touba,
Ziguinchor,
M'bour,
Pikine,
Rufisque

Senegalese personalities
- Sheikh Anta Diop
- Pathé Diagne
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