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Cheikh Hamidou Kane was a Senegalese writer best known for his 1961 novel Ambiguous Adventure, which became a classic of African literature and brought him worldwide fame.
PRETORIA, October 5. /TASS/. Senegalese writer Cheikh Hamidou Kane died at the age of 98 in Dakar, President of Senegal Bassirou Diomaye Faye said on X.
"From now on, Kane's works belong to the cultural heritage of our nation and of all Africa," he wrote.
The writer gained worldwide fame with his debut novel Ambiguous Adventure, published in 1961. It immediately became a classic piece of African literature.

Senegalese writer and former minister Cheikh Hamidou Kane has died at the age of 98. The Senenews portal reports this. Kane was best known for his 1961 novel Ambiguous Adventure, for which he won the Great Black African Literary Prize, and 1995's Guardians of the Temple. He also served as Governor of the Thies region, Minister of Industrial Development and Crafts under President Léopold Senghor and Minister of Planning and Cooperation under President Abdou Diouf.

World-renowned Senegalese writer Cheikh Hamidou Kane has died in Dakar at the age of 98. This was announced by Senegalese President Bassirou Diomai Fay on the social network X, expressing condolences to the writer’s family and the global literary community. Kane is known for his novels Ambiguous Superlatives (1961) and An Ambiguous Adventure, which have become classics of African literature.

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