Leopold Sedar Senghor Quotes
Leopold Sedar Senghor was a Senegalese poet, philosopher, and the first president of independent Senegal. As a student in Paris in the 1930s, he was a co-founder of the Negritude movement alongside Aime Cesaire and Leon Damas, articulating a vision of a distinctly African mode of knowing and being and a humanism rooted in the convergence of cultures. The quotes below are attributed to Leopold Sedar Senghor, organized by topic.
Leopold Sedar Senghor on Politics
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Attributed to Leopold Sedar Senghor:
“Negritude is the sum of cultural values of the black world.”
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Attributed to Leopold Sedar Senghor:
“Civilization, in the end, is dialogue.”
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Attributed to Leopold Sedar Senghor:
“African socialism is not a doctrine; it is the result of African experience.”
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Attributed to Leopold Sedar Senghor:
“Culture is at the beginning and at the end of all development.”
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Attributed to Leopold Sedar Senghor:
“Negritude is, in essence, a cultural movement, but its political consequences are real.”
Leopold Sedar Senghor on Time
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Attributed to Leopold Sedar Senghor:
“We must not regret the past, but prepare the future.”