![]() ![]() ![]() In 1996 the author received the Grand prix de l’Afrique noire for ✼ahier nomade«, which was also translated into German. »The Land Without Shadows«, 2005) and ✼ahier nomade« (1996 t: Nomadic notebook), were followed in 1997 by the novel ✻albala«. His two volumes of short stories, »Le Pays sans ombre« (1994 Eng. The author’s first three published books can be seen as a trilogy on Djibouti, and bring various genres together. He therefore considered himself his country’s »contemporary« and felt duty-bound to represent it in his literary work. He also advises the French publishing house »Le Serpent à Plumes« on African literature.ĭjibouti declared its independence in 1977 when Waberi was twelve years old. Today he teaches English in Caen, Normandy, and works as a journalist, in particular reviewing books for »Le Monde diplomatique«. In 1985 he went to France to continue his studies in English and completed a doctorate on the Somalian writer Nuruddhin Farah. Waberi was born in Djibouti, capital of the country of the same name in North East Africa in 1965. ![]()
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