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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SOMETIMES IT HAPPENS. You are walking in the middle of a Liberian road, heading in…
Ingrid still had not recovered and she was lying down, her body paralysed into a…
WHY AM I SAYING ON EDGE IF EVERYTHING IS CALM IN LIBERIA? IS EVERYTHING CALM…
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The meeting will begin at eight o’clock in the morning. That’s what the green paper…
THE GATES WERE CLOSING AT THE POLLING STATION SET UP AT WATERSIDE, BUT WE MANAGED…
Americanah is the story of Ifemelu, a Nigerian girl who decides to leave her country…
The House at Sugar Beach is an autobiographical novel (it may also be considered quite…
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Being born black can be very hard, and while there are quite a few nuances, different levels and social classes within the black world, the difficulty of progressing always seems to be…
“BECAUSE IF NOT, I’LL DIE”. Sitting at a round, plastic table. We drink some Club Beers. Our pupils dilate and take on the form of small sugared ovals. That go up and…
Americanah is the story of Ifemelu, a Nigerian girl who decides to leave her country…
Being born black can be very hard, and while there are quite a few nuances,…
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Things Fall Apart is a novel that narrates the story of Okonkwo, an Igbo farmer and warrior who settled in the fictitious village of Umuofia (Nigeria) at some point between 1860 and…
I KNOW RIGHT FROM THE START THAT JOKERS IS NOT MY KIND OF BAR. The moment I step foot out of the taxi, I can sense a certain carefreeness and self-confidence in…
