Abdourahman A Waberi
Biographic Data
| ID | 1066002 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Abdourahman A Waberi |
| GIVEN NAMES | Abdourahman A |
| FAMILY NAME | Waberi |
| SIGNATURE | WABERI A A |
| AFFILIATIONS | Claremont McKenna College |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 16 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 6 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 16 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2003 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2023 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
A Touch of Salt on My Confession
A Touch of Salt on My Confession Abdourahman A. Waberi (bio) Translated by Nancy Naomi Carlson (bio) Click for larger view View full resolution They come to see meThey ask me for the seaAlgae and fishUnlike Jesus I have no giftFor self-deprecationI stay hereHead down writing page after pageLonely prophetFor company I haveCats and geraniumsWithout warning they leave with miserybetween their legsAnd for the first timeA blood of ink has me by the th…
Pierres de touche/Touchstones
« Toute cette expérience, qui remonte à l’enfance de mon art, était déjà transfrontalière »
Écrivains du monde
Des immigrés aux artistes africains parisiens
L’émergence des artistes africains en France fut lente et ardue depuis les foyers insalubres des années 1960 jusqu’à leur récent relatif renom
From In the United States of Africa
From in the United States of Africa Abdourahman A. Waberi (bio) Translated by David Ball (bio) and Nicole Ball (bio) The tales of our travelers back from terrae incognitae are enough to keep you from sleeping. But Gondwana welcomes you with open arms. Twenty-three. That is the number of slave ports in Eritrea, Nubia, Somalia and all of blessed northeast Africa. Ports where Yacuba1 and his like are breaking their backs today. Ports once watered wi…
Ananias Dago Leki
Vilnius, palette douce
Ecran prophylactique et violence politique en Gambie
Laâbi ou le don permanent
Diaspora et terrorisme dans la Corne de l'Afrique
Portes d'Afrique
Ethiopie, retour et détour
Selection from Transit
A selection from A. Waberi's novel, Transit (Paris: Gallimard, 2002) 7-12 in the original French and in a new English translation by Dominc Thomas, introduced by a brief preface
Comment j'ai ecrit mes livres (et autres considerations sommaires)
A brief essay by Abdourahman A. Waberi on how he came to write his latest novel, Transit (Paris: Gallimard, 2002), and on the interrogations underlying his works of fiction, which also include Balbala (Paris: Le Serpent Plumes, 1997), Le Pays sans ombre (Paris: Le Serpent Plumes, 1994), Cahiers Nomades (Paris: Le Serpent Plumes, 1996), and Routes-Rifts-Rails (Paris: Editions Gallimard, 2001)
Émile Ollivier, poète de la migrance
Des immigrés aux artistes africains parisiens
L’émergence des artistes africains en France fut lente et ardue depuis les foyers insalubres des années 1960 jusqu’à leur récent relatif renom
Écrivains du monde
Diaspora et terrorisme dans la Corne de l'Afrique
Portes d'Afrique
Ethiopie, retour et détour
Selection from Transit
A selection from A. Waberi's novel, Transit (Paris: Gallimard, 2002) 7-12 in the original French and in a new English translation by Dominc Thomas, introduced by a brief preface
Comment j'ai ecrit mes livres (et autres considerations sommaires)
A brief essay by Abdourahman A. Waberi on how he came to write his latest novel, Transit (Paris: Gallimard, 2002), and on the interrogations underlying his works of fiction, which also include Balbala (Paris: Le Serpent Plumes, 1997), Le Pays sans ombre (Paris: Le Serpent Plumes, 1994), Cahiers Nomades (Paris: Le Serpent Plumes, 1996), and Routes-Rifts-Rails (Paris: Editions Gallimard, 2001)
Émile Ollivier, poète de la migrance
Vilnius, palette douce
Ecran prophylactique et violence politique en Gambie
Laâbi ou le don permanent
Ananias Dago Leki
From In the United States of Africa
From in the United States of Africa Abdourahman A. Waberi (bio) Translated by David Ball (bio) and Nicole Ball (bio) The tales of our travelers back from terrae incognitae are enough to keep you from sleeping. But Gondwana welcomes you with open arms. Twenty-three. That is the number of slave ports in Eritrea, Nubia, Somalia and all of blessed northeast Africa. Ports where Yacuba1 and his like are breaking their backs today. Ports once watered wi…
Écrivains du monde
Des immigrés aux artistes africains parisiens
L’émergence des artistes africains en France fut lente et ardue depuis les foyers insalubres des années 1960 jusqu’à leur récent relatif renom
« Toute cette expérience, qui remonte à l’enfance de mon art, était déjà transfrontalière »
Pierres de touche/Touchstones
A Touch of Salt on My Confession
A Touch of Salt on My Confession Abdourahman A. Waberi (bio) Translated by Nancy Naomi Carlson (bio) Click for larger view View full resolution They come to see meThey ask me for the seaAlgae and fishUnlike Jesus I have no giftFor self-deprecationI stay hereHead down writing page after pageLonely prophetFor company I haveCats and geraniumsWithout warning they leave with miserybetween their legsAnd for the first timeA blood of ink has me by the th…
Art (9 works) · Humanities (6 works) · Geography (4 works) · African history and culture studies (3 works) · African Studies and Geopolitics (3 works) · Art history (3 works) · Computer Science (3 works) · History (3 works) · North African History and Literature (3 works) · Political science (3 works)