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Léopold Sédar Senghor
Poet, Politician
1906 – 2001
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Who was Léopold Sédar Senghor?
Léopold Sédar Senghor was a Senegalese poet, politician, and cultural theorist who for two decades served as the first president of Senegal. Senghor was the first African elected as a member of the Académie française. Before independence, he founded the political party called the Senegalese Democratic Bloc. He is regarded by many as one of the most important African intellectuals of the 20th century.
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- Born
- Oct 9, 1906
Joal-Fadiouth - Also known as
- Leopold Sedar Senghor
- Léopold Sédar Senghor
- Leopold S Senghor
- Religion
- Catholicism
- Nationality
- Senegal
- Profession
- Education
- Lycée Louis-le-Grand
- École Normale Supérieure
- Sorbonne
- University of Paris
- Died
- Dec 20, 2001
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on July 23, 2013
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