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.
I left everything to become a writer, join me on this adventure.
Latest postsLatests postsAfrica
The meeting will begin at eight o’clock in the morning. That’s what the green paper…
ONE DAY MORE In LIBERIA (ONE DAY LESS…) I am exhausted as I start to…
I HAD JUST BEEN TO EUROPE. I HAD JUST BEEN TO SPAIN. I HAD FELT…
Africa
Sometimes we think ahead and this time, before going to the best beach in Buchanan,…
“THE SWEDES ARE WAITING FOR YOU IN THE PARKING LOT,” said an early morning voice…
The House at Sugar Beach is an autobiographical novel (it may also be considered quite…
Nonetheless, there are also a series of characters that are respectably accomplished. This is the…
Don’t miss
Blue Clay People tells the story of William Powers, a North American aid worker in Liberia back in 1999. Powers lands in the African country as a member of the NGO Catholic…
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…
Going back to Helene Cooper’s life, it became considerably more complicated when the Liberian civil…
Helene Cooper tells us that she had ancestors on the colonisation ships coming from the…
Don’t miss
SAMUEL IS THE BOSS. That’s what I realise on the next day from the way they all stare at him when he greets me. One’s eyes can reveal a leader’s terrain. Samuel…
The Shadow of the Sun narrates the experiences of the Polish journalist, Ryszard Kapuscinski in Africa. Kapuscinski lives in Africa not as a ‘happy tourist’, but rather as a daring reporter who…
