Cheikh Hamidou Kane

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Cheikh Hamidou Kane (born 3 April 1928 in Matam) is a Senegalese writer best known for his prizewinning autobiographical novel L'aventure ambiguë (Ambiguous Adventure), about the effect of western culture on Africa. Its hero is a Fulani boy who goes to study in France. There, he loses touch with his Islamic faith and his Senegalese roots. "The cannon compels the body," notes the author, "the school bewitches the soul."

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