Blaise Senghor

Blaise Senghor was born on 30 May 1932 in Joal; he was the nephew of the man who would become the country's first president. After the Lycée Van Vollenhoven and a degree in literature, he studied from 1958 to 1960 at the Institut des hautes études cinématographiques in Paris, worked as an assistant for French television and produced a feature film in 1962. A stroke ended his career: he entered the diplomatic service and became his country's permanent delegate to UNESCO. He died in Paris on 6 October 1976; the cultural centre in Dakar bears his name.

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• DocumentaryGrand Magal à ToubaBlaise Senghor · 1962Cinema