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Léopold Sédar Senghor
Léopold Sédar Senghor was a Senegalese poet, politician, and cultural theorist who for two decades served as the first president of Senegal . Senghor was the first African elected as a member of the Académie française. Before independence, he founded the political party called the Senegalese Democratic Bloc...
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1948
10.27.1948
Léopold Sédar Senghor founds the Senegalese Democratic Bloc.
1959
3.24.1959
The Party of the African Federation is launched by Léopold Sédar Senghor and Modibo Keita.
1960
9.5.1960
The poet Léopold Sédar Senghor is elected as the first President of Senegal.