Leopold Sedar Senghor

Lettres d'Hivernage

Poetry exploring colonial experience, exile, and reflection on homeland

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Leopold Sedar Senghor

Senegalese poet and statesman who co-founded the Negritude literary movement and became the first President of independent Senegal. His poetry celebrated African civilization and the synthesis of African and European cultural values.

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