L'Aventure ambiguë (Ambiguous Adventure) is a novel by Senegalese author Cheikh Hamidou Kane, first published in 1961, about the interactions of western and African cultures.

Its hero is a boy from the Diallobé region of Senegal who goes to study in France.

A 1963 English translation of the novel by Katherine Woods was republished as part of the influential Heinemann African Writers Series in 1972 and again in 2012 by Melville House.

Starts off as a young boy receiving an Islamic religious education in Senegal, then moves to Paris in order to continue his studies.

[1] The chief's sister and a relative of Samba Diallo, she pushes for him to attend the French school in order to learn "how to conquer without being right."