Overview
Region
West Africa
Senegal
Era
Negritude
Language
French
Genre
Poetry
About This Work
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.
Literary Significance
Senghor co-founded the Negritude movement with Aimé Césaire; he was the first African elected to the Académie Française