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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VICTOR, ANESA AND I TAKE UP THE CENTRE OF THE ROOM AT BLACK AND WHITE…
ON THE UNSTOPPABLE ROAD TO INSANITY that stems from any mental insistence (please keep reading).…
As we return to the car, I share with Fred and Alex what Kapuscinski once…
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There’s a certain military feel to the air, and people who come and go, smiling…
There is someone in the kitchen. It’s a young man of medium height. His name…
Despite a number of negative consequences, Powers also discovers that these same development projects are…
Helene Cooper tells us that she had ancestors on the colonisation ships coming from the…
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At first we did not talk. Never ever. Not even whenever I’d set foot in his motley Nissan Sunny, which was attempting to be yellow and I’d make some friendly, open comment.…
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…
Being born black can be very hard, and while there are quite a few nuances,…
Another aspect that did not convince me in Heart of Darkness is the fact that…
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For those who have lived and worked in Liberia, or for those who are doing so at present, Blue Clay People will seem very close to home and familiar. Many expats (and…
Helene Cooper tells us that she had ancestors on the colonisation ships coming from the United States, specifically Elijah Johnson, a man with a lot of character and a bit of a…
