In "Black African Aesthetics," Senghor argues that "art is functional" and that "in black Africa, 'art for art's sake' does not exist."
在“非洲黑人美学运动（英语：African aesthetic）”中，桑戈尔提出“艺术是有功用的”并且，“在非洲，‘为艺术而艺术不存在’”。