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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RUN. RUN. When we ran in Monrovia in among the shacks, trampling the earth and…
I run. I run next to a European girl and a Liberian. I keep up…
MONIQUE, THE WOMAN WHO HATED (AND LOVED) GUINEA CONAKRY, had allowed another truce with this…
Africa
ON THE UNSTOPPABLE ROAD TO INSANITY that stems from any mental insistence (please keep reading).…
The granite tiles at the Zaventem airport in Brussels are a stranger colour every time…
Despite a number of negative consequences, Powers also discovers that these same development projects are…
Why Nobody Knows When He Will Die is a book that consists of ten stories…
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He always starts talking at about quarter past or half past seven in the middle of UN Drive. Actually, he doesn’t talk, but rather screams, shouts, and quite often sings. I listen…
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…
Why Nobody Knows When He Will Die is a book that consists of ten stories…
Things Fall Apart is a novel that narrates the story of Okonkwo, an Igbo farmer…
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“THE SWEDES ARE WAITING FOR YOU IN THE PARKING LOT,” said an early morning voice to me in a firm tone. I quickly ran down the stairs and left the building, only…
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…
