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Cheikh Hamidou

Senegalese writer

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    Senegalese author and former minister Cheikh Hamidou Kane dies at 98 in Dakar

    The Senegalese writer and former government minister, whose 1961 novel Ambiguous Adventure explored the psychological impact of French colonial rule, died at his home in Dakar.

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