Sheikh Hamidou Kane died at the age of 98 on Saturday, October 03. The Senegalese writer leaves a major work. His novel L’Aventure ambiguë has marked several African generations.
African literature loses a big figure. Sheikh Hamidou Kane died Saturday night in Dakar. The writer and former minister was 98 years old. His name remains inseparable from The ambiguous Adventure. Published in 1961, the novel became a classic of African letters. The work has been translated into more than forty languages.
A life between literature and public service
Sheikh Hamidou Kane did not limit his career to writing. A senior civil servant, he also held several responsibilities within the Senegalese State. In particular, he was Minister of Industrial Development and Crafts. He then headed the Ministry of Planning and Cooperation. President Bassirou Diomaye Faye paid tribute to him. He greeted a figure whose work now belongs to the heritage of Senegal and Africa. Sheikh Hamidou Kane also leaves The Guardians of the Temple, published in 1995. His work continues to fuel reflection on identity and openness to the world.
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