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Book/Printed Material Message de Monsieur Leopold Sedar Senghor, président de la république au peuple sénégalais

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Title

  • Message de Monsieur Leopold Sedar Senghor, président de la république au peuple sénégalais

Summary

  • This speech to the people of Senegal by Léopold Sédar Senghor (1906-2001) was delivered the day after his election as the first president of the newly independent republic. Senghor was born in what was then French West Africa. He was sent at a young age to a Catholic mission school, where he embraced French and European culture, but also felt the loss of his mother tongue and the pain of being torn from his African roots. He won a scholarship to pursue literary studies in France, beginning in 1928. In the 1930s and 1940s, he worked in France as a professor of Latin and French literature. With other intellectuals, he developed the concept of négritude, which emphasized black cultural identity and pride. After World War II, he represented Senegal in the French National Assembly and worked unsuccessfully to establish Eurafrican and African federations. In the speech, Senghor evoked a national idea transcending ethnic and racial divisions. He argued for African unity and referred to Senegal as having been shaped by both Europe and Africa. Invoking his old concept of négritude, he called for combining the best of European humanist and socialist traditions with traditional African virtues such as communalism. Renowned for his poetry, Senghor was elected to the Académie Française in 1984. World Digital Library.

Names

  • Senghor, Léopold Sédar, 1906-2001
  • Senegal. President (1960-1980 : Senghor)

Created / Published

  • [Dakar : Ministère de l'Information de la Presse et de la Radiodiffusion de la République du Sénégal, 1960]

Headings

  • -  Senegal--Politics and government--1960-2000

Notes

  • -  At head of title: République du Sénégal.

Medium

  • 6 p.

Call Number/Physical Location

  • African Section Pamphlet Coll

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2008700242

Online Format

  • pdf
  • image

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Chicago citation style:

Senghor, Léopold Sédar, and Senegal. President. Message de Monsieur Leopold Sedar Senghor, président de la république au peuple sénégalais. [Dakar: Ministère de l'Information de la Presse et de la Radiodiffusion de la République du Sénégal, 1960] Pdf. https://www.loc.gov/item/2008700242/.

APA citation style:

Senghor, L. S. & Senegal. President. (1960) Message de Monsieur Leopold Sedar Senghor, président de la république au peuple sénégalais. [Dakar: Ministère de l'Information de la Presse et de la Radiodiffusion de la République du Sénégal] [Pdf] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/2008700242/.

MLA citation style:

Senghor, Léopold Sédar, and Senegal. President. Message de Monsieur Leopold Sedar Senghor, président de la république au peuple sénégalais. [Dakar: Ministère de l'Information de la Presse et de la Radiodiffusion de la République du Sénégal, 1960] Pdf. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/2008700242/>.