Senegalese writer Cheikh Hamidou Kane dies at the age of 98

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Cheikh Hamidou Kane, a Senegalese writer and former minister, died in Dakar at 98. His novel L'Aventure ambiguë won the Grand Prix littéraire d’Afrique noire in 1962.

Cheikh Hamidou Kane, a Senegalese writer and former minister, died in Dakar at age 98.
Cheikh Hamidou Kane wrote the novel L'Aventure ambiguë, which won the Grand Prix littéraire d’Afrique noire in 1962.

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