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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At first we did not talk. Never ever. Not even whenever I’d set foot in…
I hit the streets once again without an umbrella in Liberia and after taking a…
IT’S FULL OF PIGS. That’s what we found upon arrival at the next village, Green…
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They say that nobody ever saw that Spanish woman who worked for the embassy again.…
HE RAISES HIS HAND. In the middle of the trial, the man with the gold…
Doe’s government had never been stable and had always run the risk of being overthrown…
Heart of Darkness narrates the story of a sailor named Marlow, who one day decides…
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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,…
FEAR IN BLACK AND WHITE. Some people have started leaving the bar, forming a scary, irregular line. “This bar is mine and I want to tell you loud and clear that over…
Regarding the novel’s title, one wonders why beautyful and not beautiful? It seems probable that…
Another aspect that did not convince me in Heart of Darkness is the fact that…
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AT FIRST I THOUGHT THAT THE BODY THAT LAY THERE MUST BE THAT WOMAN WHO LOVES THE GENERATOR. That woman who usually spends the whole day stuck to the powerful diesel engine…
I AM WRITING FROM ACCRA, GHANA, AND I CAN SCARCELY BELIEVE THAT I AM FINALLY HERE. I am writing with bloodshot eyes, with several days’ stubble and pronounced bags under my eyes,…
