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Léopold Sédar Senghor
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Region

West Africa

Senegal

Era

Negritude

Language

French

Genre

Poetry

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Senghor's collected poetry of the Negritude period — lyrical celebrations of Black African beauty, cultural memory, and the mother continent. Senghor was also the first president of independent Senegal.

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Senghor co-founded the Negritude movement with Aimé Césaire; he was the first African elected to the Académie Française

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Senghor's collected poetry of the Negritude period — lyrical celebrations of Black African beauty, cultural memory, and the mother continent. Senghor was also the first president of independent Senegal. Senghor co-founded the Negritude movement with Aimé Césaire; he was the first African elected to the Académie Française

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