I’m Carlos Battaglini and I left everything to become a writer. Here you will find posts about my curious life in Liberia and other African countries. It is also where I immerse myself in the burning light of African literature through brutally honest book reviews. Welcome to your home and thanks for joining me on this adventure.
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Africa
There is someone in the kitchen. It’s a young man of medium height. His name…
I HAD JUST BEEN TO EUROPE. I HAD JUST BEEN TO SPAIN. I HAD FELT…
I COULD BARELY SEE IT. But, according to Samory, the tall, skinny building rising up…
Africa
DID CONAKRY EXIST? The time had come to tour the capital city of Guinea Conakry.…
BUT LOOK WHO’S THERE. As I walk into the Red Lion I spot Ramon sitting…
Murder in the Cassava Patch is a very good african literature work, and tells the story…
The House at Sugar Beach is an autobiographical novel (it may also be considered quite…
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The word Party encapsulates the meaning of the universe. The idea of a party offers an opportunity to escape from the powerful and dictatorial god by the name of Routine. When the…
Going back to Helene Cooper’s life, it became considerably more complicated when the Liberian civil war broke out, a factor that forced her to move to the United States, specifically to Knoxville,…
Americanah is the story of Ifemelu, a Nigerian girl who decides to leave her country…
The narrator’s voice maintains an objective and firm tone throughout, but on page 130, the…
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I KNOW RIGHT FROM THE START THAT JOKERS IS NOT MY KIND OF BAR. The moment I step foot out of the taxi, I can sense a certain carefreeness and self-confidence in…
They say that nobody ever saw that Spanish woman who worked for the embassy again. They say that when the war broke out she chose to stay in Monrovia. They say that…
