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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Did you know that the sea and air conditioning sound quite alike? When I am…
SOMETIMES IT HAPPENS. You are walking in the middle of a Liberian road, heading in…
At first we did not talk. Never ever. Not even whenever I’d set foot in…
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“NO. IT’S NOT MALARIA,” said Drazen, dripping, “it’s something else. Something cold that gets in…
ON THE OUTSKIRTS OF MONROVIA, LIBERIA. IN THE MIDDLE OF DEPRIVATION AND AN IMMORTAL ENERGY,…
Another aspect that did not convince me in Heart of Darkness is the fact that…
Nonetheless, there are also a series of characters that are respectably accomplished. This is the…
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Americanah is the story of Ifemelu, a Nigerian girl who decides to leave her country for a period of time, to go and study in the United States in search of a…
It’s the brakes. A steel voice informs me that something is wrong with the brake fluid. My car is not up to it, or perhaps it’s just melancholic. And since then, I…
The African Child is not strictly speaking a novel, but rather an autobiography of a…
Going back to Helene Cooper’s life, it became considerably more complicated when the Liberian civil…
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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…
Nonetheless, there are also a series of characters that are respectably accomplished. This is the case of Blaine, Ifem’s smart boyfriend, through whom we sharply assess his drivel and pedantry for an…
