Leopold Sedar Senghor was President of the Republic of Senegal from 1960 to 1981, but he is also considered one of Africa's foremost poets. This bilingual volume collects his complete poetic works.
Leopold Sedar Senghor was not only president of the Republic of Senegal from 1960 to 1981, he is also Africa's most famous poet. A cofounder of the Negritude cultural movement, he is recognized as one of the most significant figures in African literature. This bilingual edition of Senghor's complete poems made his work available for the first time to English-speaking audiences.