“Femme Noire” by Léopold Sédar Senghor

Amanda Holmes reads Léopold Sédar Senghor’s “ Femme Noire ,” translated from the French by Melvin Dixon. Have a suggestion for a poem by a (dead) writer? Email us: podcast@theamericanscholar.org. If we select your entry, you’ll win a copy of a poetry collection edited by David Lehman. This episode was produced by Stephanie Bastek and features the song “Canvasback” by Chad Crouch. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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“Femme Noire” by Léopold Sédar Senghor is an episode from Read Me a Poem.

This episode is 3:50 long.

This episode was published on Jan 13, 2026.

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