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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HE RAISES HIS HAND. In the middle of the trial, the man with the gold…
WHAT IS YOUR NAME? It’s true. Every time you meet a Liberian and share a…
GOAL. Goooal!!!! That was a goooooal !!! Goooooooal!!! The whole Samuel Doe Stadium erupts. It’s…
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I can’t help it. I am reading an interesting novel about a violinist who loses…
“THE SWEDES ARE WAITING FOR YOU IN THE PARKING LOT,” said an early morning voice…
Going back to Helene Cooper’s life, it became considerably more complicated when the Liberian civil…
Americanah is the story of Ifemelu, a Nigerian girl who decides to leave her country…
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These are the hardest days. Those days when you sit in front of the computer and you don’t know what to write about. You can see it, too. A blank, white screen…
Heart of Darkness narrates the story of a sailor named Marlow, who one day decides to join a naval company that takes him from London to Africa. There he discovers how exotic…
Things Fall Apart is a novel that narrates the story of Okonkwo, an Igbo farmer…
For those who have lived and worked in Liberia, or for those who are doing…
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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…
There’s a certain military feel to the air, and people who come and go, smiling all over the place. To be exact, we are in the room that is trying to be…
