List of Famous people with last name Senghor

Léopold Sédar Senghor

First Name Léopold
Last Name Senghor
Born on October 9, 1906
Died on December 20, 2001 (aged 95)

Léopold Sédar Senghor was a Senegalese poet, politician and cultural theorist who, for two decades, served as the first president of Senegal (1960–80). Ideologically an African socialist, he was the major theoretician of Négritude. Senghor was also the founder of the Senegalese Democratic Bloc party.

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Lamine Senghor

First Name Lamine
Born on September 15, 1889
Died on November 25, 1927 (aged 38)

Lamine Senghor was a Senegalese political activist, Senegalese nationalist, and member of the French Communist Party. He ran candidate in the Paris local elections in 1924. Nonetheless he remained committed to an independent Senegal and became part of the internationalised struggle against colonialism and imperialism. In 1927, shortly before his death he was invited to attend the congress of oppressed nationalities in Brussels in Belgium where the League against Imperialism was established. The meeting was significant because it brought together representatives and organizations from the communist world and anti-colonial organizations and activists from the colonized world. In his speech he denounced the crimes committed by the colonial administration in Congo, concluding that:

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Augustin Diamacoune Sénégal

First Name Augustin
Last Name Sénégal
Born on April 4, 1928
Died on January 13, 2007 (aged 78)

Father Augustin Diamacoune Senghor was a Catholic priest and a leading figure in the Casamance independence movement from Senegal. He served as director of the Saint-Louis of Ziguinchor Seminary from 1972 until 1975.

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