Cheikh Hamidou Kane, Senegalese author of L'Aventure ambiguë, dies at 98

Cheikh Hamidou Kane died in Dakar at 98, Le Monde reported on 4 October 2026. Born in Matam in 1928, the Senegalese writer authored L'Aventure ambiguë. He is regarded as a major figure in Francophone African literature — books written in French by African authors.