Art, Politics, and the Avant-Garde in Senegal, 1960–1995
by
Elizabeth Harney, Nicholas Thomas
Language: English
Release Date: November 23, 2004
In Senghor’s Shadow is a unique study of modern art in postindependence Senegal. Elizabeth Harney examines the art that flourished during the administration of Léopold Sédar Senghor, Senegal’s first president, and in the decades since he stepped down in 1980. As a major philosopher and poet...