Negritude is commonly defined as the affirmation of the values of the black race which embodies the recognition of the culture of black people around the world as well as the existence of black civilization. As a literary movement which is heavily criticized, the Negritude movement was born from the encounter of three black scholars in Paris Léopold Sédar SENGHOR, Aimé CÉSAIRE and Léon Gontras DAMAS who through their struggle to end European colonization, racism and discrimination that derived from the colonial domination, strive to unite their strengths and give a powerful voice to colonized blacks who’s past, culture and civilization were erased for centuries back. This new black consciousness coupled with the negritude expectations and gave birth to a sense of identity which later culminated to the birth of many African nations’ political independence. This study aims at showing the literary and political career of SENGHOR as one of the outstanding Senegalese poets in the 20th century. This is also an attempt to show how Léopold Sédar SENGHOR’s concept of Négritude evidences the revival of African cultural values as well as to promote black people’s identity and personality.