Blaise Senghor

Blaise Adolphe Antoine Marie Senghor (also Blaise Wali Antoine Marie Senghor, 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.

Biography 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). 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.

As a filmmaker Blaise Senghor became known for Qui trop embrasse (1962, Series 1 episode 18 of Les cinq dernières minutes) and Le grand Magal de Touba (1962), documenting the eponymous Sufi Islamic festival. He acted in Senegal as an executive producer of Yves Ciampi's film Liberté I. He died on 6 October 1976 in Paris, France. The was named after him at its start in 1976.