Léopold Sédar Senghor
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Léopold Sédar Senghor
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Léopold Sédar Senghor was a Senegalese poet, politician, and cultural theorist who was the first president of Senegal (1960–1980). Ideologically an African socialist, Senghor was one of the major theoreticians of Négritude. He was a proponent of African culture, black identity, and African empowerment within the framework of French-African ties. He advocated for the extension of full civil and political rights for France's African territories while arguing that French Africans would be better of
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First president of Senegal, poet, and cultural theorist (1906–2001)
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/L%C3%A9opold_S%C3%A9dar_Senghor
date created:
2003-01-21T04:42:12Z
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2024-09-05T13:49:18Z
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