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…
“THE SWEDES ARE WAITING FOR YOU IN THE PARKING LOT,” said an early morning voice…
The granite tiles at the Zaventem airport in Brussels are a stranger colour every time…
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THE WATERFALL DROPS SPECTACULARLY ONTO THE LAKE and can be observed from two wooden hammocks…
Click, click. We have several photos taken with the people at the organisation and with…
Regarding the novel’s title, one wonders why beautyful and not beautiful? It seems probable that…
Americanah is the story of Ifemelu, a Nigerian girl who decides to leave her country…
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I GENTLY WALK INTO THE MINISTRY OF LAND, MINES AND ENERGY in Liberia, but nobody sees me. They are all there, but nobody sees me. They are asleep. The secretary, receptionist or whatever…
ON THE OUTSKIRTS OF MONROVIA, LIBERIA. IN THE MIDDLE OF DEPRIVATION AND AN IMMORTAL ENERGY, we get out the Toyotas Prado and make our way to a crumbling school that was hosting…
This novel also considers how most utopian dreams of liberation in the recently independent Africa…
Going back to Helene Cooper’s life, it became considerably more complicated when the Liberian civil…
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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…
“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…
