Gerald Moore reviews two selections of Senghor's work; one with an introductory essay from Armand Guibert, wherein "he offers a good deal of material on the poet's origins and the formation of his style" followed by a collection of his work; and the second as Senghor's first new book of poetry for five years, which Moore calls "a disappointment." Moore ends the review by suggesting that "Africa has moved into a new era...of more direct self-expression free from obsessive reactions against assimilation, colonialism, and so forth" and that Senghor has "failed to make a new exploration of experience and his poetry has lost some of its relevance."