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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I have often felt that I was going to climb the wall in Liberia. On…
AT FIRST I THOUGHT THAT THE BODY THAT LAY THERE MUST BE THAT WOMAN WHO…
ON THE UNSTOPPABLE ROAD TO INSANITY that stems from any mental insistence (please keep reading).…
Africa
Ingrid still had not recovered and she was lying down, her body paralysed into a…
The granite tiles at the Zaventem airport in Brussels are a stranger colour every time…
Helene Cooper tells us that she had ancestors on the colonisation ships coming from the…
Heart of Darkness narrates the story of a sailor named Marlow, who one day decides…
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CAN I SAY SOMETHING? Imagine an airport. Can you think of an airport and feel what it is? An airport, a kaleidoscopic space, a mental multiplication, a neurological trampoline. And meanwhile, I…
Things Fall Apart is a novel that narrates the story of Okonkwo, an Igbo farmer and warrior who settled in the fictitious village of Umuofia (Nigeria) at some point between 1860 and…
Helene Cooper tells us that she had ancestors on the colonisation ships coming from the…
The Beautyful ones are not yet born by Ayi-Kweih-Armah is a novel that tells the story of…
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Just as I was leaving the office in Mamba Point, in Liberia, a guy turns around and says, “Hey, have a look!” Piano Teeth spoke to me in a firm, hoarse, commanding…
Cooper goes on to express her appreciation for the support and assistance received. Referring to six friends of her, she says “the six of them helped me figure out what I wanted…
