Shaka Senghor is grateful he's not the man he once was. He is a college lecturer and MIT consultant. He also has a popular TED talk and mentors young kids. But his success came after a deadly mistake, ...

After serving 19 years for murder, Senghor emerged ready to speak up against the unforgiving prison system that sealed his fate long before he pulled the trigger All of these facts are true. Shaka ...

The bestselling author joins TheGrio Weekly to discuss healing, forgiveness, and his new book, “How to Be Free: A Proven Guide to Escaping Life’s Hidden Prisons.” Senghor, whose memoir Writing My ...

Little Baobab owner Marco Senghor stands in front of the old Little Baobab on 19th Street. Staring down a potential 10-year hitch in federal prison for obtaining his citizenship through a sham ...

Bissap Baobab owner Marco Senghor pleaded guilty today to making a false statement on an immigration-related document — a felony charge stemming from a marriage he entered in order to obtain his U.S.

AFTER 20 years as president of Senegal Léopold Senghor decided in 1980, without being pushed, to step down. Such an event is unusual in Africa. Indeed, Mr Senghor was the first leader of a modern ...

PARIS — Leopold Sedar Senghor, a former president of Senegal and poet who won acclaim in Africa’s presidential palaces and France’s universities and literary salons, died at his home in Normandy on ...

Leading statesmen from Africa and beyond paid tribute to the Senegalese poet president Leopold Senghor after his death was announced. A hush fell on a summit of African leaders discussing regional ...

Author and motivational speaker Shaka Senghor recently joined TheGrio Weekly to talk about his new book, How to Be Free: A Proven Guide to Escaping Life’s Hidden Prisons and he revealed the keys to ...

LEOPOLD SENGHOR, who has died in Normandy aged 95, smoothly straddled the political divide between African and French cultures as President of Senegal for two decades; but he preferred to be known for ...