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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ON THE OUTSKIRTS OF MONROVIA, LIBERIA. IN THE MIDDLE OF DEPRIVATION AND AN IMMORTAL ENERGY,…
The Shadow of the Sun narrates the experiences of the Polish journalist, Ryszard Kapuscinski in…
What is it that’s so important you have to say? Well, here goes. Friends, readers,…
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I hit the streets once again without an umbrella in Liberia and after taking a…
SAMUEL IS THE BOSS. That’s what I realise on the next day from the way…
Nonetheless, there are also a series of characters that are respectably accomplished. This is the…
Murder in the Cassava Patch is a very good african literature work, and tells the story…
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“IT’S IN A STATE, MAN, GREECE IS IN A STATE,” says Frankie, a Liberian, as he noisily walks around his Portuguese friend, Gilberto’s kitchen in his kiwi green, scraggy shirt. “It’s in…
Regarding the novel’s title, one wonders why beautyful and not beautiful? It seems probable that this has been a slip in the English spelling, which is not uncommon in Africa. In fact,…
Americanah is the story of Ifemelu, a Nigerian girl who decides to leave her country…
The African Child is not strictly speaking a novel, but rather an autobiography of a…
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WE LEAVE GBARNGA BEHIND. It hits us that this time we are going for good and we are suddenly overwhelmed with sadness: the green and red has got under our skin by…
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…
