Ambiguous Adventure (Cyclopedia of Literary Characters)
At a glance:
- Author: Cheikh Hamidou Kane
- First Published: 1961
- Type of Work: Novel
- Type of Plot: Philosophical realism
- Time of Work: The mid-1930’s to c. 1950
- Setting: Senegal and Paris, France
- Genres: Long fiction, Philosophical realism
- Subjects: Africa or Africans, Tradition, Twentieth century, Islam, Education or educators, Paris, Aristocracy or aristocrats, Koran
- Locales: Paris, France, Senegal
Characters Discussed
Samba Diallo, a young man of the Diallobé aristocracy who is perceived by all to represent the future of his people. For this reason, the older generation of the Diallobé people struggles to influence the course of his life. As a child, Samba evinces a profound sense of the spiritual beauty of Islam and of the Koran, the words of which he repeats without understanding them. When it is decided that he will attend a French school, he becomes enamored with the Western alphabet, philosophy, and scientific method, all of which suggest that everything can be...
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