Léon Damas
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Léon-Gontran Damas was a French poet and politician. He was one of the founders of the Négritude movement. He also used the pseudonym Lionel Georges André Cabassou.
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Léopold Sédar Senghor
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Léopold Sédar Senghor was a Senegalese politician, cultural theorist and poet who served as the first president of Senegal from 1960 to 1980.
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…other topics like anthropology, history, and literature sparked his interest in radical politics. There, he reunited with Césaire and was introduced to Léopold Senghor. In 1935, the three young men published the first issue of the literary review L'Étudiant noir (The Black Student), which provided the foundation for…
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Senghor in 1978
Senghor receives an honoris causa from the University of Salamanca
Senghor signing a copy of his Poèmes, Universita degli Studi di Genova (18 January 1988).