Senghor and the Arts: Reinventing the Universal.
Quai Branly/Jacques Chirac Museum.| N° d'inventaire | 262244 |
| Format | 20 x 27 |
| Détails | 184 p., illustrated, paperback. |
| Publication | Paris, 2023 |
| Etat | Nine |
| ISBN | 9782357441439 |
The work of Senegalese intellectual and statesman Léopold Sédar Senghor (1909-2001) has been widely discussed and commented upon by generations born after independence, with successive rejections and rereadings. Today, Senghor is a sought-after figure by many African intellectuals around the world.
The exhibition "Senghor and the Arts. Reinventing the Universal" turns away from a hagiographic approach to reinterpret the questions that haunted Senghor more than half a century ago. He affirmed Africa's role in writing its history, both past and present, and defended the idea of a "rendezvous of giving and receiving," engaging in dialogue with the rest of the world to achieve a civilization of the universal.
This catalogue aims to present and question the cultural policy of Léopold Sédar Senghor but also to construct a sort of "manual of Senghorian thought" made up of essays, archival texts, interviews, unpublished photographs and reproductions of works of art that accompanied the life and work of Senghor.
The work of Senegalese intellectual and statesman Léopold Sédar Senghor (1909-2001) has been widely discussed and commented upon by generations born after independence, with successive rejections and rereadings. Today, Senghor is a sought-after figure by many African intellectuals around the world.
The exhibition "Senghor and the Arts. Reinventing the Universal" turns away from a hagiographic approach to reinterpret the questions that haunted Senghor more than half a century ago. He affirmed Africa's role in writing its history, both past and present, and defended the idea of a "rendezvous of giving and receiving," engaging in dialogue with the rest of the world to achieve a civilization of the universal.
This catalogue aims to present and question the cultural policy of Léopold Sédar Senghor but also to construct a sort of "manual of Senghorian thought" made up of essays, archival texts, interviews, unpublished photographs and reproductions of works of art that accompanied the life and work of Senghor.