Tag: Senghor
Senegal acquires the library of Léopold Sédar Senghor
The Senegalese state acquired the library of Léopold Sédar Senghor, containing several hundred signed works, including some written by Jacques Prévert or Louis Aragon. This purchase paves the way for…
Senegal suspends auction in France to acquire property from President Senghor
While more than a hundred objects belonging to the father of independence Léopold Sédar Senghor were to be auctioned this Saturday in France, Senegal managed to have this sale suspended.…
Senghor or the culture of independence
Affirming the role of Africa in writing its history, defending the idea of an appointment of giving and receiving, engaging in dialogue with the rest of the world to give…
Senghor and the arts, reinventing the universal
Through works of art and unpublished documents, the Quai Branly museum pays a vibrant tribute and paints an original portrait of Léopold Sédar Senghor, the first president of Senegal after…
Heritage Days: exceptional opening of the Senghor house in Verson
Heritage Days are traditionally an opportunity to visit places rarely open to the public. This is the case of the Senghor house in Verson in Normandy where the former Senegalese…
The 20th anniversary of the death of Léopold Sédar Senghor
Leopold Sédar Senghor died 20 years ago to the day. First president of Senegal, from 1960 to 1980, the first African to sit at the French Academy, the one called…