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 meeting will begin at eight o’clock in the morning. That’s what the green paper…
“I have typhus, not today.” “Cool, come and watch the match then.” The first message…
“We are going out tonight,” says François as he grabs onto my arm at the…
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“We are going out tonight,” says François as he grabs onto my arm at the…
WHAT SHOULD I CALL IT? Jungle? Rainforest? Forest? Wilderness? Luxuriant foliage? There is definitely no…
The House at Sugar Beach is an autobiographical novel (it may also be considered quite…
This novel also considers how most utopian dreams of liberation in the recently independent Africa…
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DID CONAKRY EXIST? The time had come to tour the capital city of Guinea Conakry. The city, which on naming it provoked sighs and rolling of the eyes among the people I…
There’s a certain military feel to the air, and people who come and go, smiling all over the place. To be exact, we are in the room that is trying to be…
Another aspect that did not convince me in Heart of Darkness is the fact that…
Despite a number of negative consequences, Powers also discovers that these same development projects are…
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There is someone in the kitchen. It’s a young man of medium height. His name is Anthony and he moves stealthily. As if he were wearing socks instead of shoes. Anthony opens…
I run. I run next to a European girl and a Liberian. I keep up because I usually go jogging a few times a week around UN Drive. The Liberian guy also…
