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Cheikh Hamidou Kane, Author of Seminal Anticolonial Novel, Dies at 98
6 October 2026 at 02:50
The Senegalese writer was lauded as one of the founding fathers of African literature despite publishing only two novels.
Cheikh Hamidou Kane in 2011. Mr. Kane subtly captured the shock of colonization from the perspective of the African people.
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