In Senghor's Shadow: Art, Politics, and the Avant-Garde in Senegal, 1960-1995In Senghor's Shadow is a unique study of modern art in postindependence Senegal. Elizabeth Harney examines the art that flourished during the administration of L opold S dar Senghor, Senegal's first president, and in the decades since he stepped down in 1980. As a major philosopher and poet of Negritude, Senghor envisioned an active and revolutionary role for modern artists, and he created a well funded system for nurturing their work. In questioning