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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“BECAUSE IF NOT, I’LL DIE”. Sitting at a round, plastic table. We drink some Club…
AT FIRST I THOUGHT THAT THE BODY THAT LAY THERE MUST BE THAT WOMAN WHO…
SOMETIMES IT HAPPENS. You are walking in the middle of a Liberian road, heading in…
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Just as I was leaving the office in Mamba Point, in Liberia, a guy turns…
Sometimes we think ahead and this time, before going to the best beach in Buchanan,…
Despite a number of negative consequences, Powers also discovers that these same development projects are…
The narrator’s voice maintains an objective and firm tone throughout, but on page 130, the…
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The narrator’s voice maintains an objective and firm tone throughout, but on page 130, the narrator surprisingly expresses an opinion about the new, cruel Reverend Smith, saying that he should have known…
VICTOR, ANESA AND I TAKE UP THE CENTRE OF THE ROOM AT BLACK AND WHITE FORMING A TRIANGLE. We start dancing with energy. Here, in Buchanan, in Black and White you have…
Things Fall Apart is a novel that narrates the story of Okonkwo, an Igbo farmer…
Blue Clay People tells the story of William Powers, a North American aid worker in…
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Click, click. We have several photos taken with the people at the organisation and with the whole village. Those photos immortalise a great moment. Then we set off to see the cassava…
