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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Just as I was leaving the office in Mamba Point, in Liberia, a guy turns…
IT’S HERE. Rick comes to fetch me in the morning at the Hilltop Hotel in…
Our football team has won and we’re all celebrating at the Red Lion, under the…
Africa
At first we did not talk. Never ever. Not even whenever I’d set foot in…
AT FIRST I THOUGHT THAT THE BODY THAT LAY THERE MUST BE THAT WOMAN WHO…
Helene Cooper tells us that she had ancestors on the colonisation ships coming from the…
Another aspect that did not convince me in Heart of Darkness is the fact that…
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“If you go to Kindia, you know: go up Gangan and go and see my Guinean family”, said Monique, my Belgian friend in Liberia. Despite the fact that Monique had left Guinea…
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…
Things Fall Apart is a novel that narrates the story of Okonkwo, an Igbo farmer…
Americanah is the story of Ifemelu, a Nigerian girl who decides to leave her country…
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THE TELEPHONE IN MY BEDROOM RINGS AT HALF PAST SIX IN THE MORNING. Irritated, I place the receiver to my ear, and the receptionist tells me that a driver is waiting for…
BUT LOOK WHO’S THERE. As I walk into the Red Lion I spot Ramon sitting opposite a German donning a dirty and scraggy beard. Only a tiny table separates them, and they…
