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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This is what expats ask each other: “Where are you from?” “How long have you…
Now. I walk down the hill of UN Drive towards my house in Mamba Point…
“We are going out tonight,” says François as he grabs onto my arm at the…
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THE GATES WERE CLOSING AT THE POLLING STATION SET UP AT WATERSIDE, BUT WE MANAGED…
I hit the streets once again without an umbrella in Liberia and after taking a…
Going back to Helene Cooper’s life, it became considerably more complicated when the Liberian civil…
Another aspect that did not convince me in Heart of Darkness is the fact that…
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The narrator’s voice maintains an objective and firm tone throughout, but on page 130, the narrator surprisingly expresses an opinion about the new, cruel Reverend Smith, saying that he should have known…
I have often felt that I was going to climb the wall in Liberia. On some occasions I see her. The lady, who every night slightly commits suicide on UN Drive. She…
Murder in the Cassava Patch is a very good african literature work, and tells the story…
The African Child is not strictly speaking a novel, but rather an autobiography of a…
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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,…
WE LEAVE GBARNGA BEHIND. It hits us that this time we are going for good and we are suddenly overwhelmed with sadness: the green and red has got under our skin by…
