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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Africa
I KNOW RIGHT FROM THE START THAT JOKERS IS NOT MY KIND OF BAR. The…
HE SPEAKS CALMLY, KEEPING THE SAME TONE OF VOICE THROUGHOUT. He moves his hands slowly,…
“I have typhus, not today.” “Cool, come and watch the match then.” The first message…
Africa
FOR A WHILE NOW I HAVE TRIED TO FIND OUT MORE ABOUT AFRICAN LITERATURE, a…
I’ve never had to deal with them. I don’t know what they talk about. I…
Americanah is the story of Ifemelu, a Nigerian girl who decides to leave her country…
Things Fall Apart is a classic piece of African literature, and why not, of world…
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I hit the streets once again without an umbrella in Liberia and after taking a mere seven steps, I have to go back in. Under some kind of porch, I wait to…
Things Fall Apart is a classic piece of African literature, and why not, of world literature. The story portrays a typical African rural reality (Nigerian in this case), where the relationship between…
Doe’s government had never been stable and had always run the risk of being overthrown…
For those who have lived and worked in Liberia, or for those who are doing…
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ON THE UNSTOPPABLE ROAD TO INSANITY that stems from any mental insistence (please keep reading). Now. That I have just got back from Europe – from the “white world” – I want…
HE RAISES HIS HAND. In the middle of the trial, the man with the gold earring raises his hand and asks for permission to go to the bathroom for a minute. The…
