For 10 points, name this country which was home to Léopold Senghor.
One writer from this country wrote about Salie and her brother Madicke in The Belly of the Atlantic, and another writer from this country wrote Scarlet Song as well as a novel written in the form of a letter from Ramatoulaye to Aissatou, So Long a Letter. Aside from Fatou Diome and Mariama Bâ, authors from this country include one who wrote Xala, which he later adapted into a film, as well as a novel about a railroad strike, God's Bits of Wood. That author, Ousmane Sembène, is not as famous as a poet from this country, who, along with Aimé Césaire, created the concept of Négritude. For 10 points, name this country which was home to Léopold Senghor.
One writer from this country wrote about Salie and her brother Madicke in The Belly of the Atlantic, and another writer from this country wrote Scarlet Song as well as a novel written in the form of a letter from Ramatoulaye to Aissatou,
Republic of {Senegal}