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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I COULD BARELY SEE IT. But, according to Samory, the tall, skinny building rising up…
FOR A WHILE NOW I HAVE TRIED TO FIND OUT MORE ABOUT AFRICAN LITERATURE, a…
VICTOR, ANESA AND I TAKE UP THE CENTRE OF THE ROOM AT BLACK AND WHITE…
Africa
SOMETIMES IT HAPPENS. You are walking in the middle of a Liberian road, heading in…
There is someone in the kitchen. It’s a young man of medium height. His name…
For those who have lived and worked in Liberia, or for those who are doing…
Things Fall Apart is a classic piece of African literature, and why not, of world…
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This novel also considers how most utopian dreams of liberation in the recently independent Africa of the 1960s came crumbling down. Like many other revolutionary dreams, they wound up in nothing, including…
Did you know that the sea and air conditioning sound quite alike? When I am lying in my room wavering between the shades of dark and the air conditioning has finally stopped…
Blue Clay People tells the story of William Powers, a North American aid worker in…
Americanah is the story of Ifemelu, a Nigerian girl who decides to leave her country…
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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…
FEAR IN BLACK AND WHITE. Some people have started leaving the bar, forming a scary, irregular line. “This bar is mine and I want to tell you loud and clear that over…
