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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THE TELEPHONE IN MY BEDROOM RINGS AT HALF PAST SIX IN THE MORNING. Irritated, I…
I HAVE HAD A FEW DRINKS TOO MANY, and shit, now I forgot what I…
I’ve never had to deal with them. I don’t know what they talk about. I…
Africa
Did you know that the sea and air conditioning sound quite alike? When I am…
I hit the streets once again without an umbrella in Liberia and after taking a…
The House at Sugar Beach is an autobiographical novel (it may also be considered quite…
Nonetheless, there are also a series of characters that are respectably accomplished. This is the…
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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…
WHY AM I SAYING ON EDGE IF EVERYTHING IS CALM IN LIBERIA? IS EVERYTHING CALM IN LIBERIA? Ladies and gentlemen: the moment of truth has arrived. We find ourselves in the decisive…
Things Fall Apart is a novel that narrates the story of Okonkwo, an Igbo farmer…
Despite a number of negative consequences, Powers also discovers that these same development projects are…
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IT’S FULL OF PIGS. That’s what we found upon arrival at the next village, Green Hill Quarry, in Liberia. The village is shaped like an L-shaped slide. It’s so inclined that it feels like…
FOR A WHILE NOW I HAVE TRIED TO FIND OUT MORE ABOUT AFRICAN LITERATURE, a far from simple exploration for a European dominated by the White canon. And now here, in Accra…
