Blaise Adolphe Antoine Marie Senghor | |
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Born | Joal, Senegal | May 30, 1932
Died | October 6, 1976 15th arrondissement of Paris, France | (aged 44)
Nationality | senegalese |
Occupation(s) | film director, screen writer, UNESCO ambassador |
Notable work | Le Grand Magal de Touba (1962) |
Blaise Adolphe Antoine Marie Senghor[1] (also Blaise Wali Antoine Marie Senghor,[2] Joal, now Joal-Fadiouth, Senegal, 30 May 1932 – Paris, France, 6 October 1976) was a Senegalese film director, screen writer and UNESCO Permanent Delegate and vice-chairman for Senegal.[3][4][5]
Born in 1932 in Joal, Senegal, to René Senghor and Hélène Conté, Blaise Senghor was a nephew of the first president of Senegal Léopold Sédar Senghor (1906 – 2001).[1][6][7] After attending the Lycée Van Vollenhoven (later renamed Lycée Lamine Guèye) at Dakar, he studied at the Institut des hautes études cinématographiques (IDHEC) in Paris during 1958 - 1960.[3] He obtained a teacher's Diplôme d'études supérieures (fr) in Languages and Classical literature, and a Bachelor of Arts (Licence de lettres) as well.[8]
As a filmmaker Blaise Senghor became known for Qui trop embrasse (1962, Series 1 episode 18 of Les cinq dernières minutes)[9] and Le grand Magal de Touba (1962), documenting the eponymous Sufi Islamic festival.[10] He acted in Senegal as an executive producer of Yves Ciampi's film Liberté I.[2]
After a stroke made it impossible to continue a filmmaker, Senghor started working at the Senegalese Embassy in Paris. He served Senegal as a UNESCO Permanent Delegate (ambassador) in Paris and was one of the vice-chairmen of the executive board (1972-1974) under the Senegalese Director-General Amadou-Mahtar M'Bow.[11] He died on 6 October 1976 in Paris, France. The Centre culturel de Dakar Blaise Senghor (fr) was named after him at its start in 1976.[2]
Senghor's films include:[3][4][5]
Year | Film | Genre | Role | Duration |
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1960[5] | Qui trop embrasse (Series 1 episode 18 of Les cinq dernières minutes)[9] |
Drama/Crime, TV episode | Assistant director | 90 min (m) |
1962 | Le Grand Magal à Touba (also Le Grand Magal de Touba) |
Short, documentary | Director, screen writer with Thomas Diop | 25 m |
1962 | Liberté I by Yves Ciampi | Drama | Producer[2] | 89 m |
1974 | Joal | Short | Director |
Né le 30 mai 1932 à Joal, au Sénégal, Blaise Senghor est décédé le 6 octobre 1976 à Paris, en France. Il avait 44 ans. Mais, la carrière de Blaise a été riche : il fut réalisateur, assistant metteur en scène, Conseiller technique au Ministère de l'Information et à l'Ambassade du Sénégal à Paris. Il a également été Ambassadeur délégué permanent du Sénégal auprès de l'Unesco à Paris, Vice-président du Conseil exécutif de l'Unesco.
Blaise Senghor (un article d'Oumar DIOUF pour le Soleil). Tout le monde, ou presque, connaît le Centre Culturel Blaise Senghor. Mais peu de gens peuvent dire exactement qui est le parrain de cette structure située sur le boulevard Dial Diop, juste en face du lycée Blaise Diagne.. With a portrait photograph.