Leopold Sedar Senghor

Series: Creative Person Series

Duration: 30

Year Published: 1967

Creator: Indiana University Audio Visual Center

Format: 16mm

Color: B&W

Sound: sound

Description: An interview with Senegalese President Senghor who discusses his poetry, the environment his poems reflect, and his attitude toward the blending of African and Western culture. Selected readings of his works are presented in English. , Introduces Leopold Sedar Senghor, his poetry and the environment which his poems reflect. Discusses his philosophy concerning the blending of the African and the Western cultural traditions. Describes Senghor as the poet laureate and president of the republic of Senegal and presents, in English, readings of five of his poems.

Complete Record: An interview with Senegalese President Senghor who discusses his poetry, the environment his poems reflect, and his attitude toward the blending of African and Western culture. Selected readings of his works are presented in English. , Introduces Leopold Sedar Senghor, his poetry and the environment which his poems reflect. Discusses his philosophy concerning the blending of the African and the Western cultural traditions. Describes Senghor as the poet laureate and president of the republic of Senegal and presents, in English, readings of five of his poems.NOTE: Two (or more) records have been merged together to create this data.