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- Senegalese writer Cheikh Hamidou Kane died at age 98 in Dakar on October 4, 2026.
- President Bassirou Diomaye Faye announced Kane’s death on social media, calling his work national heritage.
- African Union chair Mahmoud Ali Youssouf called Kane a giant of African leadership and literature.
- Senegal named the Cheikh Hamidou Kane Digital University after him.
- His 1961 novel L’Aventure ambiguë examined the clash between Islamic tradition and Western modernity.