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Vamba Sherif
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Sherif in 2015
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Born | 1973 Kolahun, Liberia |
Occupation | Author |
Language | Dutch |
Period | 1999–present |
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Notable works | Land of My Fathers |
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Vamba Sherif (born 1973) is a Liberian-born writer residing in the Netherlands.[1] He writes in English and Dutch. His 2015 novel The Emperor's Son[2] deals with Samori Toure, who founded a great empire in northwestern Africa in the 19th century. Toure fought the English and the French to hold on to this empire.
Sherif was born in Kolahun, Liberia, in 1973 and spent parts of his youth in Kuwait, where he completed his secondary education. The First Gulf War compelled him to flee Kuwait and settle first in Syria and then in the Netherlands, where he studied law.[3] The Liberian civil war triggered the need in him to explain Liberia to himself, which resulted in his first novel, about the founding of the country, published in Dutch under the title Het land van de vaders, in 1999, and in English translation as Land of My Fathers, in 2016. His second book was The Kingdom of Sebah, published in 2003, followed by Bound to Secrecy in 2006 and The Witness in 2011. Bound to Secrecy was chosen as one of the ten best translated books in Germany in 2010 in a list that included Robert Bolaño's 2666. Sherif has written for numerous publications in the Netherlands and around the world, including The New York Times, Long Cours in France, and KulturAustausch in Germany. One of his earliest stories, "Faces", was published in African Writing, and his tale "The Bridge of Sighs" was published in The Kalahari Review.[citation needed]
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