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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COME, COME IN. WELCOME TO MY HOME ON UN DRIVE. This salmon coloured sofa is…
There’s a certain military feel to the air, and people who come and go, smiling…
Ingrid still had not recovered and she was lying down, her body paralysed into a…
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I have often felt that I was going to climb the wall in Liberia. On…
FEAR IN BLACK AND WHITE. Some people have started leaving the bar, forming a scary,…
The narrator’s voice maintains an objective and firm tone throughout, but on page 130, the…
Regarding the novel’s title, one wonders why beautyful and not beautiful? It seems probable that…
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I DON’T REMEMBER VERY WELL WHERE I WAS COMING FROM, but walking on UN Drive I came upon a deserted island on my right. Now I remember. I was coming from Miami…
Americanah is the story of Ifemelu, a Nigerian girl who decides to leave her country…
The House at Sugar Beach is an autobiographical novel (it may also be considered quite…
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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…
Why Nobody Knows When He Will Die is a book that consists of ten stories on different subjects of everyday African and Liberian reality, many of which can be extrapolated to the…
