CONCLUSION
Finally, the work of Senghor appears as a synthesis of
apparent contradictions. Placed in the midst of Western and African values,
Senghor remains himself, accepting what is good in the western world and at the
same time valorising still the virtues of African cultural values. He appears
as an example to follow for Africans who tend to lose their identity or their
personality because of the influence of the western world. That has been also
one of the aims of our work, to fight against the inferiority complex, the dual
personality and the depersonalisation which is gaining ground in the lives of
most young Africans. They are called to go back to their cultures in order to
know them, in order to live them and in order to express them while discerning
between good and bad foreign values, accepting what is good in other cultures
and rejecting what is wrong. They should for example accept the benefits of the
scientific culture, avoiding technophobia, and at the same time, they should
reject practices such as abortion, homosexuality or the changing of sex which
are becoming part of daily life in Europe and America. Also, they are called to
fight against superstition, which is developed and expressed in African
traditions, and avoid practices such as excision, which is still found in some
cultures.
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