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Ambiguous Adventure

work by Kane
Also known as: “L’Aventure ambiguë”

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African literature

  • Athol Fugard with John Kani and Winston Ntshona
    In African literature: French

    …Kane wrote L’Aventure ambiguë (1961; Ambiguous Adventure), a novel that considers the African and Muslim identity of its main character, Samba, within the context of Western philosophical thought. In his novel Le Soleil noir point (1962; “The Sun a Black Dot”), Charles Nokan of Côte d’Ivoire deals with efforts to…

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discussed in biography

  • In Sheikh Hamidou Kane

    …River Region, Senegal) is a Senegalese writer best known for his autobiographical novel L’Aventure ambiguë (1961; Ambiguous Adventure), which won the Grand Prix Littéraire d’Afrique Noire in 1962.

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