Abdourahman Waberi is a novelist, poet, essayist, and screenwriter, and the author of several award-winning works, including the pan-African novel Aux États-Unis d’Afrique (2006). A resident at the Villa Medici in 2010, he was awarded the Grand Prix de la Francophonie by the Académie Française in 2021. His work has been translated across all continents. He teaches Francophone literature and creative writing at George Washington University in Washington, D.C. and is a regular contributor to AfriqueXXI, among other publications.