![]() ![]() ![]() Waberi's first novel Balbala was published in 1997. In 1996, another volume of stories followed Cahier nomade (Nomad Notebook), which received the reputed prize Grand Prix Littéraire de l'Afrique noire. ![]() Waberi's first volume of stories Le Pays sans ombre (Land without Shadows) was published in 1994 and in the same year received the Grand prix de la Nouvelle francophone from the Académie Royale de Langue et de Littérature Française de Belgique and the Prix Albert Bernard of the Académie des Sciences d'Outre-mer de Paris. His articles, short stories, and reviews are published in many international newspapers, including Le Monde diplomatique, Africultures, Le Monde, Libération, Le Nouvel Observateur, Jeune Afrique Economie, DU, Grand Street, and Lettre International. Waberi is the author of numerous novels, essays, articles, and travel reports. In 1985, he left Djibouti, which he called a "miniature republic" and went to Caen in France to study English language and literature. He was lastingly influenced by this upheaval and saw himself as a "contemporary" of his country, to which he wished to maintain a literary obligation. He was 12 years old when Djibouti declared its independence in 1977. He spent his childhood and adolescence in Northeast Africa. ![]()
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