Abdourahman A. Waberi was born in 1965 in Djibouti. He teaches French literature at George Washington University. He has written pieces for Slate Afrique, Le Monde and other newspapers and is the author of numerous books which includes: Le Pays sans ombre (1994), Cahier nomade (1996), Balbala (1998), Aux Etats-Unis d’Afrique (2006) and La divine chanson (2015).