The negritude that I defend is not a withdrawal into the pas... - Léopold Sédar Senghor

This quote is attributed to Léopold Sédar Senghor.

"The negritude that I defend is not a withdrawal into the past, but a reaching toward the future."

Léopold Sédar Senghor Philosophy

President, Poet Senegalese 1906–2001

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