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…
DID CONAKRY EXIST? The time had come to tour the capital city of Guinea Conakry.…
WHAT SHOULD I CALL IT? Jungle? Rainforest? Forest? Wilderness? Luxuriant foliage? There is definitely no…
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Sometimes we think ahead and this time, before going to the best beach in Buchanan,…
These are the hardest days. Those days when you sit in front of the computer…
For those who have lived and worked in Liberia, or for those who are doing…
The narrator’s voice maintains an objective and firm tone throughout, but on page 130, the…
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As we return to the car, I share with Fred and Alex what Kapuscinski once wrote about Liberia in his masterpiece, The Shadow of the Sun. How he’d be decapitated if he…
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…
The Beautyful ones are not yet born by Ayi-Kweih-Armah is a novel that tells the story of…
Why Nobody Knows When He Will Die is a book that consists of ten stories…
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COME, COME IN. WELCOME TO MY HOME ON UN DRIVE. This salmon coloured sofa is what I most like about my lounge, as well as the granite bar in my kitchen that…
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…
