Léopold Sédar Senghor ( song-GOR, French: [leɔpɔl sedaʁ sɑ̃ɡɔʁ], Wolof: Léwopóol Sedaar Seŋoor; 9 October 1906 – 20 December 2001) was a Senegalese politician, cultural theorist and poet who served as the first president of Senegal from 1960 to...
Léopold Sédar Senghor International Airport (French: Aéroport international Léopold-Sédar-Senghor, IATA: DKR, ICAO: GOOY) is an international freight and former passenger airport serving Dakar, the capital of Senegal. The airport is situated near...
Léopold Sédar Senghor Stadium, formerly the Stade de l'Amitie (English: Friendship Stadium), is a multi-purpose stadium in Dakar, Senegal.It is currently used mostly for football matches. It serves as a home ground of ASC Jeanne d'Arc and the...
Passerelle Léopold-Sédar-Senghor, formerly known as Passerelle Solférino (or Pont de Solférino), is a footbridge over the River Seine between the 1st and 7th arrondissements of Paris. Opened in 1999, it was renamed after Léopold Sédar Senghor in...
African socialism is a distinct variant of socialist theory developed in post-colonial Africa during the mid-20th century. As a shared ideology among several African thinkers over the decades, it encompasses a variety of competing interpretations....
Colette Senghor née Hubert (20 November 1925 – 19 November 2019) was a French-born public figure who served as the first First Lady of Senegal from 1960 to 1980, as the wife of President Léopold Sédar Senghor following independence in 1960.
Négritude (from French "nègre" and "-itude" to denote a condition that can be translated as "Blackness"; pronounced [neɡʁityd]) is a framework of critique and literary theory, mainly developed by francophone intellectuals, writers, politicians, and...
The Institut Français du Sénégal is a French cultural organization for the diffusion of French culture in Senegal. Its secondary purpose is to promote the culture of Senegal and, more generally, cultural diversity. Léopold Sédar Senghor called this...
El Hadji Ousseynou Diouf (French pronunciation: [ɛ.ladʒi.djuf]; born 15 January 1981) is a Senegalese former professional footballer who played as a winger or a forward. Having started his professional football career in France with Sochaux, Rennes...
Abdou Diouf (US: AHB-doo dee-OOF; Serer: Abdu Juuf; born 7 September 1935) is a Senegalese politician who was the second president of Senegal from 1981 to 2000. Diouf is notable both for coming to power by peaceful succession and leaving willingly...
