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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THE FOOD TAKES A WHILE TO COME. The food sometimes takes a while to come…
AT FIRST I THOUGHT THAT THE BODY THAT LAY THERE MUST BE THAT WOMAN WHO…
MONIQUE, THE WOMAN WHO HATED (AND LOVED) GUINEA CONAKRY, had allowed another truce with this…
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COME, COME IN. WELCOME TO MY HOME ON UN DRIVE. This salmon coloured sofa is…
Our football team has won and we’re all celebrating at the Red Lion, under the…
Things Fall Apart is a novel that narrates the story of Okonkwo, an Igbo farmer…
Doe’s government had never been stable and had always run the risk of being overthrown…
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These are the hardest days. Those days when you sit in front of the computer and you don’t know what to write about. You can see it, too. A blank, white screen…
I AM WRITING FROM ACCRA, GHANA, AND I CAN SCARCELY BELIEVE THAT I AM FINALLY HERE. I am writing with bloodshot eyes, with several days’ stubble and pronounced bags under my eyes,…
Cooper goes on to express her appreciation for the support and assistance received. Referring to…
Helene Cooper tells us that she had ancestors on the colonisation ships coming from the…
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For those who have lived and worked in Liberia, or for those who are doing so at present, Blue Clay People will seem very close to home and familiar. Many expats (and…
Cooper goes on to express her appreciation for the support and assistance received. Referring to six friends of her, she says “the six of them helped me figure out what I wanted…
