International audienceThis article is offering a comparative and interconnected reading of the events which took place in Senegal in May 1968, namely a strike by the students followed by a general strike by the workers, with the consequence that Senghor's presidency was seriously shaken. Nevertheless, the African context is not overlooked, characterized as it is by the one party rule in spite of the fierce resistance of students and unions eager to protect their autonomy. The article places also the movement in Dakar within the global context of youth revolts, those of a generation of students confronted with massive enrollments in universities, as well as different forms of neo-colonialism and/or imperialism, and sharing the same watchword...