Léopold Sédar Senghor (9 October 1906 – 20 December 2001) was a Senegalese poet, politician and cultural theorist who, for two decades, served as the first president of Senegal (1960–80). Ideologically an African socialist, he was the major theoretician of Négritude. Senghor was also the founder of the Senegalese Democratic Bloc party.
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9 October 1906 Joal, Senegal
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Died |
20 December 2001 (aged 95) Verson, France
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Zodiac | Libra |
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