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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ONE DAY MORE In LIBERIA (ONE DAY LESS…) I am exhausted as I start to…
BUT LOOK WHO’S THERE. As I walk into the Red Lion I spot Ramon sitting…
He always starts talking at about quarter past or half past seven in the middle…
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There is someone in the kitchen. It’s a young man of medium height. His name…
FEAR IN BLACK AND WHITE. Some people have started leaving the bar, forming a scary,…
Why Nobody Knows When He Will Die is a book that consists of ten stories…
For those who have lived and worked in Liberia, or for those who are doing…
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“THE SWEDES ARE WAITING FOR YOU IN THE PARKING LOT,” said an early morning voice to me in a firm tone. I quickly ran down the stairs and left the building, only…
“If you go to Kindia, you know: go up Gangan and go and see my Guinean family”, said Monique, my Belgian friend in Liberia. Despite the fact that Monique had left Guinea…
This novel also considers how most utopian dreams of liberation in the recently independent Africa…
Being born black can be very hard, and while there are quite a few nuances,…
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FOR A WHILE NOW I HAVE TRIED TO FIND OUT MORE ABOUT AFRICAN LITERATURE, a far from simple exploration for a European dominated by the White canon. And now here, in Accra…
Did you know that the sea and air conditioning sound quite alike? When I am lying in my room wavering between the shades of dark and the air conditioning has finally stopped…
