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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As we return to the car, I share with Fred and Alex what Kapuscinski once…
WE LEAVE GBARNGA BEHIND. It hits us that this time we are going for good…
I HAVE HAD A FEW DRINKS TOO MANY, and shit, now I forgot what I…
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ON THE UNSTOPPABLE ROAD TO INSANITY that stems from any mental insistence (please keep reading).…
WHY AM I SAYING ON EDGE IF EVERYTHING IS CALM IN LIBERIA? IS EVERYTHING CALM…
Blue Clay People tells the story of William Powers, a North American aid worker in…
The narrator’s voice maintains an objective and firm tone throughout, but on page 130, the…
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“We are going out tonight,” says François as he grabs onto my arm at the Sajj. I gulped down one more Club beer and felt apprehensively ready to hit the night in…
Murder in the Cassava Patch is a very good african literature work, and tells the story of a toxic relationship that ends in murder. Gortokai, the main character, is madly in love with Tene,…
Why Nobody Knows When He Will Die is a book that consists of ten stories…
Americanah is the story of Ifemelu, a Nigerian girl who decides to leave her country…
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I COULD BARELY SEE IT. But, according to Samory, the tall, skinny building rising up behind us had been the Presidential Palace. I turned around and for a fleeting moment I managed…
The Beautyful ones are not yet born by Ayi-Kweih-Armah is a novel that tells the story of a railway traffic control clerk in Ghana, who is disenchanted with life and the course of events…
