Léopold Sédar Senghor, a Senegalese poet, politician, and cultural theorist who for two decades served as the first president of Senegal

Léopold Sédar Senghor (9 October 1906 – 20 December 2001) was a Senegalese poet, politician, and cultural theorist who for two decades served as the first president of Senegal (1960–80). Ideologically an African socialist, he was associated with the Négritude movement. He was the founder of the Senegalese Democratic Bloc party.
Senghor was the first African elected as a member of the Académie française. He is regarded by many as one of the most important African intellectuals of the 20th century.

He graduated from the University of Paris, where he received the Agrégation in French Grammar. Subsequently, he was designated professor at the universities of Tours and Paris, where he taught during the period 1935–45.^[13]
Senghor started his teaching years at the lycée René-Descartes in Tours; he also taught at the lycée Marcelin-Berthelot in Saint-Maur-des-Fosses near Paris.^[14] He also studied linguistics taught by Lilias Homburger at the École pratique des hautes études. He studied with prominent social scientists such as Marcel Cohen, Marcel Mauss and Paul Rivet (director of the Institut d'ethnologie de Paris). Senghor, along with other intellectuals of the African diaspora who had come to study in the colonial capital, coined the term and conceived the notion of "négritude", which was a response to the racism still prevalent in France. It turned the racial slur nègre into a positively connoted celebration of African culture and character. The idea of négritude informed not only Senghor's cultural criticism and literary work, but also became a guiding principle for his political thought in his career as a statesman

Farfarello, eine deutsche Akustik-Rock-Band um den Geiger Mani Neumann und den Gitarristen Ulli Brand

Farfarello, früher auch Trio Farfarello, ist eine deutsche Akustik-Rock-Band um den Geiger Mani Neumann und den Gitarristen Ulli Brand, die im Jahr 1982 gegründet wurde. Die musikalischen Einflüsse der Band reichen von traditioneller rumänischer Musik bis zum Progressive Rock.
Neben Neumann und Brand, die bis heute den Kern bilden, wurde die Band ursprünglich als Trio farfarello gemeinsam mit dem Bassisten Ecke Volk gegründet. Seit dessen Ausscheiden spielen andere Musiker als Gastmusiker bei farfarello mit, neben Bassisten auch Schlagzeuger und Perkussionisten.
So ist als Schlagzeuger regelmäßig Charly T zu hören, der unter anderem 2005 für Köster / Hocker, 2009 für The Lords und 2012 für Chris Kramer spielte.^[2] Ebenso spielt immer wieder der niederländische Jazzperkussionist Martin Verdonk mit. Früher waren unter anderem der deutsche Bassist Dal Martino und der indonesische Percussionist Nippy Noya als Gäste der Band zu hören. Zudem wurde ab 1989 die Band fast 20 Jahre lang ergänzt um den Schwelmer Gitarristen, Cellisten und Sänger Stefan Wiesbrock.^[3]
Der langjährige Gast-Bassist Joschi Kappl wurde mit dem MTV „Lifetime Award“ ausgezeichnet.^[4] Heute ist nach einer Pause wieder der Bassist Urs Fuchs mit farfarello unterwegs, der auch 2015 die CD ZeitZone mit einspielte.^[5][1] Auf größeren Konzerten gibt es seit 2015 eine Erweiterung mit einem Streichtrio, bestehend aus Violine, Viola und Cello.
Der Brite Chris Thompson spielte zusammen mit farfarello auf der 1990 veröffentlichten Single Sea of emotion. Mit der Neuen Lausitzer Philharmonie produzierte farfarello das 2001 veröffentlichte Album Classics. Gemeinsam mit dem Quintetto Accento nahm farfarello die 2004 über das Label Perleberg veröffentlichte CD Rendez Vous auf.
Beim Album farfarello & freunde von 1998 wirkte unter anderen die Kölner Harfenistin Ulla van Daelen mit.
farfarello unterstützt seit Jahren musikalisch den Lichtkünstler Jörg Rost bei seinen Darbietungen. Der spanische Perkussionist José Cortijo unterstützte im März 2013 das Duo bei dem Projekt „farfarello im Licht“^[6] und gehört derzeit ebenfalls zu den regelmäßigen Mitspielern.

Nicholas Medforth-Mills, formerly Prince Nicholas of Romania

Nicholas Michael de Roumanie Medforth-Mills, formerly Prince Nicholas of Romania, (born 1 April 1985) is the eldest child and only son of Princess Elena of Romania and Robin Medforth-Mills. As a grandson of Michael I, the former king of Romania, he was third in line to the defunct throne of Romania according to a new family statute enacted in 2007, that also conferred the title of a "prince of Romania" on him^[2] which was abrogated in 2015. The statute and the titles it confers have no standing in present Romanian law.

Nicholas Medforth-Mills was born on 1 April 1985 at La Tour Hospital in Meyrin, a commuter town near Geneva, Switzerland, the first child and son of Princess Elena of Romania and her first husband Robin Medforth-Mills and the second grandchild of King Michael I of Romania and his wife Queen Anne.^[3]
He was baptised in the Orthodox faith, his godparents being Queen Anne (his maternal grandmother) and Crown Princess Margareta of Romania (his maternal aunt).^[4]
He was followed by a sister, Elisabeta-Karina (born 1989).

Prince of Romania

In 1997, Romanian monarchists intended to ask Michael to designate a male heir-presumptive from the House of Hohenzollern in keeping with the rules of the last royal constitution which were based on agnatic primogeniture and "Salic law"; The monarchists eventually agreed on a compromise and requested him to designate a male rather than female heir-presumptive, in the person of Nicholas. However, under the influence of Queen Anne, Michael rejected the monarchists' request, and at the end of 1997, he designated Princess Margareta as heir presumptive in keeping with the European Convention on Human Rights,^[25] which meant Nicholas would only succeed to the headship of the royal family after the deaths of King Michael, Crown Princess Margareta and his mother.
In 2005, Michael told Medforth-Mills that he could choose to have the chance of becoming a "prince of Romania" which would mean assuming responsibility in a conscious manner by starting to work for the country.
On 30 December 2007, the press office of King Michael announced that Nicholas Medforth-Mills would receive the title "prince of Romania" with the style of "royal highness", coming into effect on Nicholas's 25th birthday. On 1 April 2010,^[2] by virtue of his new title, he became a member of the Romanian royal family^[26] and was decorated with the Nihil Sine Deo, the highest of royal decorations at the time.
In February 2008, Nicholas stated in an interview with the Romanian daily newspaper Cotidianul that if the Romanian people asked him to become king, he would not refuse.^[27]

In September 2012, after his university studies, he moved to Romania to undertake more of the royal family's public activities.^[28]

Removal of succession rights and princely title

On 1 August 2015, former King Michael of Romania signed a document removing the title prince of Romania and the qualification of royal highness from his grandson. Medforth-Mills also has been removed from the line of succession. The former king took the decision after considering that Romania needed a ruler marked by modesty and moral principles, respect and thought for others after the "reign and life" of his eldest daughter, Crown Princess Margareta, will have finished. In issuing the declaration, the former king expressed the hope that "Nicholas will find in future years a suitable way to serve the ideals and use the qualities that God gave him". Nicholas's mother, Princess Elena, received notification of the former king's decision in a personal letter.^[29]
The move "stunned Romanians" and "sparked speculation that a jealous relative had sought to edge Nicholas out of the succession."^[30] Marlene Eilers Koenig speculated that the exclusion of Nicholas from the royal succession was due to the birth of an illegitimate daughter, born from a short relationship with Nicoleta Cîrjan.^[31] The child, born 9 February 2016 and named Iris Anna, was not recognized by the former prince.^[32]
Nicholas released a press statement on 18 November 2017 from London about the child.^[33] Point 2 of the Press release stated, "I returned to Romania in November 2015 to resolve the situation with my alleged child. Due to the constant lack of co-operation from the mother of my alleged child, this situation has remained unclear. So far, there is no medical evidence to support the mother's accusations. Therefore, any accusations that are related to this subject are unfounded."^[33] On 27 May 2019, Nicholas confirmed via a Facebook post that paternity tests had confirmed the illegitimate child is his, and that he had assumed legal responsibility for the child.^[