Lamine Senghor

Lamine Senghor (born 15 September 1889 in Joal, Senegal and died 25 November 1927 in Fréjus, France) was a Senegalese political activist, Sengalese nationalist, and member of the French Communist Party.[1] He ran candidate in the Paris local elections in 1924. Nonetheless he remained committed to an independent Senegal and became part of the internationalised struggle against colonialism and imperialism. In 1927, shortly before his death he was invited to attend the congress of oppressed nationalities in Brussels in Belgium where the League against Imperialism was established. The meeting was significant because it brought together representatives and organizations from the communist world and anti-colonial organizations and activists from the colonized world. In his speech he denounced the crimes committed by the colonial administration in Congo, concluding that:

Lamine Senghor
BornSeptember 15, 1889
Joal, Senegal
DiedNovember 25, 1927
Fréjus, France
NationalitySenegalese
OccupationPolitical activist

"Imperialist exploitation has as result the gradual extinction of African races. Their culture is going to be lost... For us, the anti-imperialist struggle is identical as anti-capitalist struggle."

Works
  • Lamine Senghor: La Violation d´un Pays, Paris 1927.

References
  1. "(1927) Lamine Senghor, "The Negro's Fight for Freedom"". BlackPast.org. 11 August 2009. Archived from the original on 4 September 2019.


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