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BY Etsey Atisu, 10:13am July 24, 2019,

6 iconic speeches of African independence leaders caught on video

by Etsey Atisu, 10:13am July 24, 2019,
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President Léopold Sédar Senghor, Senegal

Before he was the president of independent Senegal in 1961, Léopold Sédar Senghor was an academic. A poet who captured the daily and rare occurrence of life, he is credited as one of the biggest African intellectuals.

Born in 1906 in Jaol, Senegal, Senghor had a dream to become a teacher-priest.  He, however, abandoned priesthood when he turned 20, leaving the seminary for the Lycee secondary school in Dakar.

He was a Minister in France before his country’s independence was proclaimed. Elected on September 5, 1960, Mr. Senghor presided over the just-born Republic of Senegal. He is the author of the Senegalese anthem, the Red Lion. He resigned from office before the end of his fifth presidential term, in December 1980.

Last Edited by:Ismail Akwei Updated: July 24, 2019

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