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Léopold Sédar Senghor

First president of senegal, poet, and cultural theorist (1906–2001).

Born October 9th, 1906 in Joal-Fadiouth. [ref]

Died December 20th, 2001 at 95 years old in France, Verson. [ref]

Occupations
French resistance fighter, philosopher, poet, politician, writer

The great thing about getting older is that you don't lose all the other ages you've been. Madeleine L'Engle