Léopold Sédar Senghor

1906 – 2001 · Senegal · Literature, Philosophy

Poet-president who co-founded Négritude.

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  • Kamau Brathwaite

    1930 – 2020 · Literature, History

    Négritude's African recovery underlies Brathwaite's nation-language project.

  • Ousmane Sembène

    1923 – 2007 · Literature

    Sembène's cinema and fiction argue with Négritude's cultural politics.

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