What is Léopold Sédar Senghor?
{{Infobox officeholder |name = Léopold Sédar Senghor |image = Léopold Senghor, Pic, 5 (cropped).jpg |office = [[List of Presidents of Senegal|1st President of Senegal]] |term_start = 6 September 1960 |term_end = 31 December 1980 |primeminister = [[Abdou Diouf]] |predecessor = '''Office created''' |successor = [[Abdou Diouf]] |birth_date = {{birth date|1906|10|9|df=y}} |birth_place = [[Joal]], [[French West Africa]] (present-day [[Senegal]]) |death_date = {{death date and age|2001|12|20|1906|10|9|df=y}} |death_place = [[Verson]], [[France]] |party = [[Socialist Party of Senegal]] |alma_mater = [[University of Paris]] |spouse = Ginette Éboué <small>(1946-1956)</small> <br />{{marriage|Colette Hubert Senghor|1957|2001}}; his death |signature = Senghorsig.jpg }} '''Léopold Sédar Senghor''' (9 October 1906 – 20 December 2001) was a [[Senegal]]ese [[poet]], politician, and cultural theorist. He was the first president of [[Senegal]] (1960&ndash;80). He was part of the [[Négritude]] movement. Some people called him an [[Socialism|African socialist]], but many Senegalese socialists thought he was not really socialist because he was supported by [[France]]<ref>{{Cite web|date=2019-02-08|title='La Françafrique': The Special Relationship Between France and Its Former Colonies in Africa|url=http://insamer.com/en/la-francafrique-the-special-relationship-between-france-and-its-former-colonies-in-africa_2307.html|access-date=2020-10-25|website=INSAMER English|language=en|archive-date=2020-11-01|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201101201938/https://insamer.com/en/la-francafrique-the-special-relationship-between-france-and-its-former-colonies-in-africa_2307.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> and put [[communists]] in Senegal in [[jail]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Marxism and Islam in Africa|url=https://africasacountry.com/2017/02/marxism-and-islam-in-africa|access-date=2020-10-25|website=africasacountry.com|language=en-US}}</ref> He also started the [[Senegalese