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first president of Senegal, poet, and cultural theorist (1906–2001)
Also known as: Léopold, Leopold Senghor, Леопольд Седар Сенгор, ليوبولد سنغور, 레오폴 세다르 상고르, レオポール・セダール・サンゴール
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- Dialog mit Afrika und dem Islam (1987)
- Anthologie de la nouvelle poésie nègre et malgache de langue française
- Les Fondements de l'africanité; ou, Négritude et arabité (1967)
- Rapport sur la doctrine et le programme du Parti
- Anthologie de la nouvelle poésie nègre et malgache de langue française (1953)