Leopold Sedar Senghor French Institute

Decorated bench in the Institute's garden

The Leopold Sedar Senghor French Institute (French: Institut français Léopold Sédar Senghor) is a Dakar-based organizational body dedicated to the diffusion of French culture in Senegal. Its secondary purpose is to promote the culture of Senegal and, more generally, cultural diversity. Léopold Sédar Senghor called this intercultural cooperation le dialogue des cultures (the dialogue of cultures).

History

The current name of the institution is recent. Earlier, it was called the Dakar French Cultural Centre (Centre culturel français de Dakar), or simply the Alliance Française.

Organization

Outdoor cinema

The Institute is composed of a cultural centre and a language centre. The cultural centre holds concerts, dances, theatre, fashion shows, lectures, exhibitions, workshops, and festivals while the language centre offers language courses, certifications, and technology training. French, Wolof, Spanish, and Portuguese are all taught at the language centre.

The current director is Jean-Yves Pouliquen. He succeeded Christian Saglio,[1] who left the Institute on July 5, 2007.[2]

See also

Bibliography

References

  1. ↑ Christian Saglio (2005). Sénégal (in French). Éditions Grandvaux.
  2. ↑ Félix Nzale (July 4, 2007). Sud Quotidien (in French) http://www.sudonline.sn/spip.php?article3866. Missing or empty |title= (help)

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