Transit: A Novel (Global African Voices)
"Transit is an impressive text, and a very good introduction to Djibouti." —Complete Review"[S]een as a whole, this is a very important book with an unusual structural approach that is well suited to bring out the complexity of the subject matter. It should be of interest to anybody interested in the political realities of African’s many border and power conflicts, and the Horn of Africa region and Djibouti in particular. The translators’ Introduction is essential and very valuable to assist the reader’s understanding." —Africa Book Club"... the rebellious Abdourahman Waberi." —J. M. G. Le Clézio, Winner of the 2008 Nobel Prize for Literature"These five voices offer distinct views of Djibouti, at times similar, at other times seemingly irreconcilable, and are by turns lyrical, nostalgic, idealizing, satirizing, and blisteringly critical of the country's history, politics, culture, and traditions." —Tess Lewis, Hudson Review"In this thought-provoking and often enigmatic novel, Abdourahman Waberi reflects on the series of horrors—political, economic, religious, and environmental—which have dominated his country in recent years..." —Mary Whipple Reviews"Steeped in borth historical lore and the socio-political realities of the small ex-French colony of Djibouti before and during its 1990s civil war, Waberi's new collection tells the alternatively inspiring and somewhat laborious tale of Bashir 'Binladen'." —Publishers Weekly"Transit is an essential volume for readers and researchers of post-colonial literature and history." —ForeWord Reviews