Abdourahman A. Waberi was born in Djibouti in 1965 and has lived in France since 1985. He has published numerous books, articles, and stories. J. M. G. Le Clézio recognized and paid tribute to Waberi in his 2008 Nobel Prize in Literature lecture. Waberi is currently teaching African literature and postcolonial theory at the Claremont Colleges in California. (updated 10/2010)