Who said "The past is not dead; it is not even past."?

This quote is attributed to Léopold Sédar Senghor.

The past is not dead; it is not even past. - Léopold Sédar Senghor

"The past is not dead; it is not even past."

Léopold Sédar Senghor History

President, Poet Senegalese 1906–2001

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