Meissa Entre Seine Et Sine CD - Import

A musical and poetic voyage through the mind of Senghor accompanied by a 32 page booklet that describes in detail the childhood of L.S. Senghor. This is well timed homage to Senghor - 2006 is Senghor year, sponsored by French Minister of Culture, the French Language Agency, and UNESCO - that contains ten poems, or songs. Statesman, writer, activist and defender of cultural diversity, Leopold Sedar Senghor would have been 100 years old in 2006. In his works, Senghor always strives to reestablish traditional African values and the nobility of black civilization. He has been awarded the Medaille D'or De La Langue Francaise, the Literary Prize of the International Academy of Arts in Rome, the Medaille D'or of Cisac, the International award of the Lion D'or in Venice, the intercultura prize in Rome. He is a doctor Honoris Causa of 37 universities including Paris-Sorbonne, Harvard, Oxford, Vienna) elected member of the Academie Francaise (16th seat). He died December 20 2001. His works are interpreted here by Meissa M'Baye, the 'Iron Lion' of Africa. 10 tracks packaged in a Digi-pak. Comet. 2005.