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Ambiguous adventure won the grand prix for frenchspeaking black africa in 1962. Cheikh hamidou kane born 3 april 1928 in matam is a senegalese writer best known for his prizewinning novel laventure ambigue ambiguous adventure, about the interactions of western and african cultures. Ambiguous adventure by cheikh hamidou kane nook book ebook. Pdf analysis of ambiguous adventure cheikh hamidou kane. This article may be expanded with text translated from the corresponding article in french. It was originally published in 1961 in the authors native language.
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