found: Colloque sur la Négritude, 1972:page 141 (Alioune Sène, Ministre de la Culture du Sénégal; contribution: Négritude et politique)
found: JSTOR, Présence Africa, Nouvelle série, no 154, 2e semestre 1996, Au rythme de l'Histoire, viewed November 9, 2019:page 43 (Alioune SÈNE; joined Senghor's Cabinet in 1960 when Senegal became independent; he was ambassador to Congo, Egypt and Lebanon between 1963 and 1967; made a brief comeback to the Cabinet before being appointed Minister of Culture in 1970; remained in this function until 1978, then returned to diplomatic service as ambassador of Senegal to Switzerland and the United Nations until 1993; in 1988 he presided over the Commission for Human Rights)
found: AllAfrica website, Sénégal: A L'occasion du premier anniversaire de sa mort--Alioune Sène : la rage de la culture, le lamentin et le fleuve de son enfance, 27 avril 2006, viewed November 9, 2019(Monsieur Alioune SENE, died 21 April 2005 in Switzerland; former Ministre de la culture, former ambassador of Senegal to the European Communities in Geneva)