ABSTRACT
Waberi, Abdouraham A. b. 1965, Djibouti academic and writer Born in Djibouti, Waberi is professor of English in Normandy, France. One of
the few Francophone writers of Djibouti, Waberi’s literary output includes: Le Pays sans ombre (The Country Without Shade) (1994); Cahier nomade (Nomad Book) (1996); Balbala (Balbala) (1997); and Rift routes rails (Rift Routes Rails) (2000). Like the Somali novelist, Nuruddin Farah, whom he considers to be a major influence, Waberi has constructed an oeuvre that closely scrutinizes his country Djibouti, and indeed the whole of northeast Africa, in narratives sprinkled with Arabaphone, Francophone, and Anglophone cultural references. Waberi has also published Moisson de cranes (Harvest of Skulls) (2000), a collection of texts written in response to the Rwanda genocide.
