| Birth: | Oct. 9, 1906 | | Death: | Dec. 20, 2001 | 
Writer and politician. Senghor served as the president of Senegal from 1960 to 1980. Having achieving major success as a poet, politician, and intellectual, Senghor had a unique identity among African leaders. His development from tribal member in Senegal, to scholar in France, to head of the government back in Senegal made him a symbol of Africa's shift from colonial domination to self- determination. (bio by: Warrick L. Barrett)
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Children:
Philippe Senghor (1958 - 1981)*
*Calculated relationship
Search Amazon for Leopold Senghor | | | Burial:
Bel-Air Cemetery
Dakar, Senegal |
Maintained by: Find A Grave
Originally Created by: Warrick L. Barrett
Record added: Jan 29, 2002
Find A Grave Memorial# 6139712 |
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