Obituary: Cheikh Hamidou Kane, author of « L'Aventure ambiguë », dies at 98

Cheikh Hamidou Kane, Senegalese writer, senior official, and former minister, died Saturday evening in Dakar at the age of 98. Born in Matam in 1928, he studied at the Sorbonne and the École nationale de la France d’Outre-Mer, gaining fame for his novel « L’Aventure ambiguë », published in 1961 and awarded the Grand Prix Littéraire d’Afrique Noire in 1962. His work examines the identity crisis between faith, African roots, and Western culture, remaining a significant reference in African literature.