38 pages 1 hour read

Cheikh Hamidou Kane

Ambiguous Adventure

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1961

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Essay Topics

1.

What is the titular “adventure,” and why is it “ambiguous”?

2.

 What kills Samba in the end?

3.

In what sense does work impede one’s closeness to God, according to Samba’s discussion with his father? How does this relate to Western modernity?