Cris,
The conference was at the François Mitterrand library in Paris (the biggest in France - That was a first too, I never set foot there before... It is huge) The conference was the final event closing the French speaking countries year.
I learned a lot on Senghor. Like a some people, I've heard of him before, knew about his accomplishments; yesterday, I discovered the Man.
The lesson here is : however great he was; he was just a man. But he made it. With hard word an determination he made it to places millions others would have liked to be.
Zara