In Senghor`s Shadow – Art, Politics, and the Avant–Garde in Senegal, 1960–1995

In Senghor's ShadowArt, Politics, and the Avant-Garde in Senegal, 19601995\nAuthor(s): Elizabeth Harney\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Duke University Press, United States\nImprint: Duke University Press\nISBN-13: 9780822333951, 978-0822333951\nSynopsis\nIn Senghors Shadow is a unique study of modern art in postindependence Senegal. Elizabeth Harney examines the art that flourished during the administration of Lopold Sdar Senghor, Senegals first president, and in the decades since he stepped down in 1980. As a major philosopher and poet of Negritude, Senghor envisioned an active and revolutionary role for modern artists, and he created a well-funded system for nurturing their work. In questioning the canon of art produced under his aegis-known as the Ecole de Dakar-Harney reconsiders Senghors Negritude philosophy, his desire to express Senegals postcolonial national identity through art, and the system of art schools and exhibits he developed. She expands scholarship on global modern.