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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Our football team has won and we’re all celebrating at the Red Lion, under the…
Just as I was leaving the office in Mamba Point, in Liberia, a guy turns…
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They say that nobody ever saw that Spanish woman who worked for the embassy again.…
“GUINEA? WHY GUINEA? Why would you complicate your life?” the Lebanese landlord asked me, frowning…
Doe’s government had never been stable and had always run the risk of being overthrown…
Murder in the Cassava Patch is a very good african literature work, and tells the story…
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COME, COME IN. WELCOME TO MY HOME ON UN DRIVE. This salmon coloured sofa is what I most like about my lounge, as well as the granite bar in my kitchen that…
Things Fall Apart is a classic piece of African literature, and why not, of world literature. The story portrays a typical African rural reality (Nigerian in this case), where the relationship between…
Americanah is the story of Ifemelu, a Nigerian girl who decides to leave her country…
Despite a number of negative consequences, Powers also discovers that these same development projects are…
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I GENTLY WALK INTO THE MINISTRY OF LAND, MINES AND ENERGY in Liberia, but nobody sees me. They are all there, but nobody sees me. They are asleep. The secretary, receptionist or whatever…
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…
