The late Léopold Sédar Senghor was a renowned writer but only recently has a meaningful volume of his work been translated from French to Serer Fifteen years after the death of Senegal’s first president,Léopold Sédar Senghor, the west coast village of Fadial threw a three-day party. As part of the festivities poet and academic Waly Faye presented his life’s work: he has spent the final 30 years translating the former president’s poems from French so they can be read in one of Senegal’s native languages for the first time.
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Source: theguardian.com