# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/cheikh-hamidou
# Generated: 2026-08-13T12:47:19.082Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/cheikh-hamidou"
name: "Cheikh Hamidou"
slug: "cheikh-hamidou"
description: "Cheikh Hamidou Kane is a Senegalese writer best known for his 1961 novel L'Aventure ambiguë, about the interactions of western and African cultures. Its hero is a Fulani boy who goes to study in France, where he loses touch with his Islamic faith and his Senegalese roots. The novel was awarded the Grand prix littéraire d'Afrique noire in 1962."
tagline: "Senegalese writer"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Cheikh_Hamidou_Kane.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
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  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
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  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1928-04-03"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
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  momentum:             15.18018018018018
  historical:           15.848816
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump